How To Make Love
["How To Make Love" is a song with words by Frank Luther, music by C. J. Robison which was copyrighted Dec. 11, 1928. It was written in a homespun manner to cash in on the success of early Country records (old-time). The first recording was by Frank Luther in November 1928, Carson Robison recorded it several times beginning in December 1928 and the Southern Moonlight Entertainers recorded it in April 1930 [issued in August 1930 as Vo 5440] it was included on Yazoo's recent compilation of old '20s recordings, "Times Ain't Like They Used To Be," volume I.
Crabtree was the first to publish the text, which varies only slightly from the original text.
R. Matteson 2014]
HOW TO MAKE LOVE
Do you want a girl to love you?
Do you want to be her beau?
I'll tell you how to do it boys,
I'll tell you all I know.
Put on your bib and tucker,
And scrub your face real hard,
Part your hair right in the middle boys
And slick it down with lard.
put your derby hat on sideways
pull your tailor-made pants up short.
Get a bow tie on a rubber-band,
And show her you're a sport.
Get yourself some drugstore perfume,
And sprinkle it on your clothes.
Just a dime's worth will be plenty boys,
To tickle her little nose.
Grease your buggy and your harness
and curry your little riding mare.
Buy you a pretty lasso [1], boys,
And git you a lady fair.
Tie a ribbon on your buggy whip.
Get a pair of yellow gloves.
And take her to the county fair
And buy her what she loves.
Tell her she is prettier,
Than a movie actress.
Talk about her pretty curls,
And about her handsome dress.
Get yourself a gold front tooth,
A shirt, a robe a ring.
A double-note harmonica
And learn to play and sing.
Brag about her family.
Her Granddad and her Pap.
And before you know it
She's sitting on your lap.
Tell her she's so pretty,
That she takes away your breath.
And before you know it
She's hugging you to death.
But if she does not love you, Boys,
Just make her jealous then.
Tell her you love somebody else;
And she is just a friend.
Take her out to dances
And flirt with the other girls.
Hug them close and whisper soft,
And give them all the world. [2]
Laugh out loud with the others
But with your girl, don't speak
And when she comes around you, boys,
Just turn from her cheek.
Just follow these instructions
And she will be your wife.
Or else she'll marry somebody else
And hate you the rest of her life!
1. lap-rope/ lasso
2. all a whirl.