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Hi Nita, I'm happy to look this up for you.... Lazybones - Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer 1933 Hoagy collaborates with a struggling lyricist named Johnny Mercer. They begin a long and fruitful association, collaborating on three dozen songs, the first of which is Lazybones which Carmichael says they wrote in 20 minutes! New Orleans, Old Man Harlem, One Morning in May, and Snowball are penned the same year. http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/hoagy/research/timeline/index.html The Johnny Mercer Lemonade Lounge Sing-A-Long http://lemonadelounge.com/jmtunes.html Lazybones Long as there is chicken gravy on your rice, Ev'rything is nice. Long as there's watermelon on the vine, Ev'rything is fine. You got no time to work, You got no time to play, Busy doin' nothin' all the live long day. You won't ever change no matter what I say, You're just made that way. Lazybones, sleepin' in the Sun, How you 'spec' to get your day's work done? Never get your day's work done, Sleepin' in the noonday Sun. Lazybones, sleepin' in the shade, How you 'spec' to get your corn meal made? Never get your corn meal made Sleepin' in the evenin' shade. When 'taters need sprayin', I bet you keep prayin' The bugs fall off the vine And when you go fishin' I bet you keep wishin' The fish won't grab at your line. Lazybones, loafin' through the day, How you 'spec' to make a dime that way? Never make a dime that way (Well looky here,) He never heared a word I say! http://lemonadelounge.com/lyrics/lyrics55.html I hope you enjoy this ........ I did ...... murray [log in to unmask]