Button Up Your Overcoat

Button Up Your Overcoat
music by Ray Henderson (top)
lyric by Lew Brown (left-center) & B.G. DeSylva

Button up your overcoat when the wind is free,
Take good care of yourself---you belong to me!
Eat an apple ev'ry day; get to bed by three,
Take good care of yourself---you belong to me!

Be careful crossing streets oo-oo!
Don't eat meats oo-oo!
Cut out sweets oo-oo!
You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!

Keep away from bootleg hootch when you're on a spree,
Take good care of yourself---you belong to me!

Button up your overcoat when the wind is free,
Take good care of yourself---you belong to me!
Wear your flannel underwear when you climb a tree,
Take good care of yourself---you belong to me!

Don't sit on hornets' tails oo-oo!
Or on nails oo-oo!
Or third rails oo-oo!
You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!

Don't go out with college boys when you're on a spree,
Take good care of yourself---you belong to me...