A 1909 popular song.
Words by M. E. Rourke.
Music by Jerome D. Kern.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I don’t know whether I am blest
With strong hypnotic power
Or is it only accident
That just about this hour
I meet these self same little girls
at just this spot each day
Howdy, How do you do? How do you do?
Who smile as they are smiling now
And nod at me and say
Howdy, How do you do? How do you do?
As a matter of fact, I can’t recall
When we happen to have met
In the Spring or Fall
September, Remember
REFRAIN:
Of course it was, how silly to forget
Just fancy my forgetting that we met
There’s no one in the whole wide world
I’d sooner see than you
Howdy, How do you do? How do you do?
I hope you’re feeling quite as well
As I do too, you might as well say
Howdy, How do you do? How do you do?
No matter where it is you meet them
That’s the way to greet them with a
Howdy, How do you do? How do you do?
2. Of course there are a few
Who won’t believe me when I say
It isn’t by appointment
That I meet them here each day
In fact it grows embarrassing
And sometimes “Hello Jack”
Howdy, How do you do? How do you do?
I thought you were in Gay Paree
Why when did you get back?
Howdy, How do you do? How do you do?
As a matter of fact, I can’t recall
When we happen to have met
In the Spring or Fall
November, Remember
3. You see it’s just a habit
For there’s no one there I know
I merely wished to clear myself
And at the same time show
How easily in trouble
Innocent young men may get
Howdy, How do you do? How do you do?
Who do not know the methods
Of the How d’ye do sextette
Howdy, How do you do? How do you do?
As a matter of fact, I can’t recall
When we happen to have met
In the Spring or Fall
December, Remember