Huggin' and Chalkin'

Huggin' and Chalkin' - Hoagy Carmichael

I got a gal who's mighty sweet

Big blue eyes and tiny feet

Her name is Rosabelle Magee

And she tips the scales at three-oh-three

Oh gee but ain't it grand

To have a gal so big and fat

That when you go to hug her

You don't know where you're at

You have to take a piece of chalk in your hand

And hug a ways and chalk a mark

To see where you began

One day I was a-huggin'

And a-chalkin' and a-chalkin'

And a-huggin' away

When I met another fella

With some chalk in his hand

A-comin' around

The other way over the mountain

A-comin' around the other way

Nobody ever said I'm weak

My bones don't ache my joints don't creak

But I grow pale and I get limp

Every time I see my baby blimp

Oh gee but ain't it grand

To have a gal so big and fat

That when you go to hug her

(You don't know where you're at)

(You have to take a piece of chalk in your hand)

And hug a bit and chalk a mark

To see where you began

One day I was a-huggin' and a-chalkin'

And a-beggin' her to be my bride

When I met another fella

With some chalk in his hand

A-comin' around the other side

(over the mountain)

A-comin' around the other side

She's a mile wide

Chalkin' up a markdown and yellin'

"No More "

When I met another fella

With some chalk in his hand

A-comin' around the other side

(over the mountain)

Over the Great Divide