He’d Have To Get Out and Get Under

A novelty ragtime song about car breakdowns, 1913.
words by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie
music by Maurice Abrahams

The sheet music:

Hed-Have-To-Get-Out-and-Get-Under – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment track:

Hed-Have-To-Get-Under-Get-Out-And-Get-Under – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Johnny O’Connor bought an automobile
    He took his sweetheart for a ride one Sunday
    Johnny was togged up in his best Sunday clothes
    She nestled close to his side
    Things went just dandy ’till he got down the road
    Then something happened to the old machinery
    That engine got his goat, off when his hat and coat
    Everything needed repairs

Chorus
He’d have to get under, get out and get under
To fix his little machine
He was just dying to cuddle his queen
But every minute when he’d begin it
He’d have to get under, get out and get under
Then he’d get back at the wheel
A dozen times they’d start to hug and kiss
And then the darned old engine it would miss
And then he’d have to get under, get out and get under
And fix up his automobile

  1. Millionaire Wilson said to Johnny one day
    Your little sweetheart don’t appreciate you
    I have a daughter who is hungry for love
    She likes to ride by the way
    Johnny had visions of a million in gold
    He took her riding in his little auto
    But every time that he went to say “marry me”
    ‘Twas the old story again

Sung here by Fred Feild: