Corn Pickin'

Written for: Naughty But Nice (1939)
Performer: Ann Sheridan
Lyric: Johnny Mercer
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1939
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse:

To gain entree into any New York club,
Ya don't have to have a million or two;
In all honky-tonks right up to the Stork Club,
The one thing they want is somebody who can do;

Chorus:

Corn pickin', I'm crazy 'bout pickin',
There ain't any trick in pickin';
Corn pickin', just shuffle a few feet,
By makin' your two feet slew feet.
You reach out and get your gal and you hold her,
You bend down and grab an ear from the stalk;
You raise up and throw it over your shoulder,
And then you sachet 'round her and start in to walk;
(I'm talkin' 'bout)
Corn pickin', it's better than chicken,
So, hurry and pick that corn.