Button up Your Overcoat

Button up Your Overcoat - Ruth Etting

Listen big boy now that you got me made

Goodness but I'm afraid

Somethin's gonna happen to you

Listen big boy you gotta be hooked and how

I would die if I should lose you now

Button up your overcoat

When the wind is free

Take good care of yourself

You belong to me

Eat an apple every day

Get to bed by three

Oh take good care of yourself

You belong to me

Be careful crossing streets ooh ooh

Don't leave me

Cut out sweets ooh ooh

You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum

Keep your flannel underwear

When you climb a tree

Oh take good care of yourself

You belong to me

Don't sit on hornet's tails ooh ooh

Or on nails ooh ooh

Or third rails ooh ooh

You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum

Button up your overcoat

When the wind is free

Oh take good care of yourself

You belong to me

Wear your flannel underwear

When you climb a tree

Oh take good care of yourself

You belong to me

Beware of frozen ponds ooh ooh

Stocks and bonds ooh ooh

Peroxide blondes ooh ooh

You'll get a pain and ruin your bankroll

Keep the spoon out of your cup

When you're drinking tea

Oh take good care of yourself

You belong to me