(What Do I Do Now?)
A popular song from 1940.
Words and music by Robert Wright and Chester Forrest.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I am not a goody-goody
Just a baby in the wood-y
Love has got me worried and perplexed
Gosh, oh gee! I want my mamma
Goodness me! I need my mamma
Maybe she could tell me what comes next
Chorus
My mother told me there’s be nights like this
When I wouldn’t know what to do
She told me what not to do
She said some boy would take me in his arms
And tell me, oh! what lies
But did mother realize the boy would be you?
My mother told me “Better count to ten
Then, if that doesn’t do the trick
Start countin’ again”
I counted up to ten a thousand times
And kissed him anyhow
Oh! mother tell me
What do I do now?
Chorus
My mother told me there’d be days like this
When the wind would begin to blow
I wouldn’t know where to go
She said the nights would be so cold and dark
And I’d be all alone
And that ev’ry dream I own would flicker away
My mother told me, “Baby, you keep warm
Keep your little self bundled up
When caught in a storm”
She told me just exactly what to do
But didn’t tell me how
Oh! mother tell me
What do I do now?