You Can't Shush Katie (The Gabbiest Gal In Town)

Lyric: Harry White & Henry Creamer
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1926
Original publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.

Verse 1:

I met the loudest gal I've ever seen,
They call her "Loud Katie Brown";
She's got the loudest mouth in New Orleans,
And that's a loud southern town.
When Katie talks,
She raises yells;
When Katie squawks,
She raises wells;
The town folks try to hush her, but I mean,
They can't calm her down:

Chorus 1:

Oh, you can't shush Katie,
The talkative lady,
The gabbiest gal in town;
When she was young, they say Doctor Beedle
Vaccinated her with a phonograph needle.
Her idle chatter
And foolish patter
Make you want to slap her down.
When she comes in to say, "Hello,"
You have to disconnect the radio,
Oh, you can't shush Katie,
The talkative lady,
The gabbiest gal in town.

Chorus 2:

Oh, you can't shush Katie,
The talkative lady,
The gabbiest gal in town;
She wags her tongue and talks people dizzy,
She can rattle more than a second-hand Lizzie.
The truth she stretches,
The tales she fetches,
Turn the neighbors upside-down.
A friend confessed his faults when young,
She got to talking and the friend got hung;
Oh, you can't shush Katie,
The talkative lady,
The gabbiest gal in town.

Verse 2:

Some girlies really love to bill and coo,
Most ev'ry girl loves to sing;
I know some girlies love a boy or two,
And others crave just a ring;
But Katie dear,
Is not that kind;
She's mighty queer,
But you will find:
She's not a real bad baby through and through,
But there's just one thing:

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