Old Uncle Joe, ain’t your heart in a bow?
Ask me why one fine morn
You’ll catch on What it’s all about
Oh, if you latch on Brother, let me hear you shout!
Boys are boys, girls are girls
But what kinds of boys are the ones that make curls?
You’ll catch on What it’s all about
Oh, if you latch on Brother, let me hear you shout!
When summer is here, the farmers get gay
They all make whoopie and hay-hay!
You’ll catch on What it’s all about
Oh, if you latch on Brother, let me hear you shout!
I can shake my shimmy and do the rhumba
But I can’t hit the number!
You’ll catch on What it’s all about
Oh, if you latch on Brother, let me hear you shout!
Now, I ain’t good and I ain’t bad
Just a brown-skinned gal who can’t be had
Do you catch on What it’s all about?
Oh, if you latch on Brother, let me hear you shout!
Spoken: Do you catch on, everybody? Did y’all catch on?
Blanche had started her career before Cab did. She recorded 2 blues sides in 1925 with Louis Armstrong on cornet. However, all of her big band sides, including the Chicago session that produced this tune, came after Cab started recording big band sides.