What care I
who makes the laws
of a nation. Let those
who will take care
of its rights and wrongs.
What care I who cares
for the world's affairs
As long as I can sing
it's popular song
Let me sing a funny song
with crazy words that
roll along. If my song
can start you laughing,
I'm happy, so happy.
Let me sing a sad refrain
of broken hearts that love
in vain. And if my song
can start you crying,
I'm, I'm happy
Let me croon
a low down blues
to lift you out of your seat
And if my song
can reach your shoes
And start you tapping
your feet, I'm happy.
Let me sing
of Dixie's charms
Cotton fields and
mammy's arms
And if my song
can make you homesick,
I'm, I'm happy
Let me sing
of Dixie's charms
of cotton fields and
mammy's arms
And if my song
can make you homesick,
I'm happy.