Lee Morse - (What Do I Care What) Somebody Said? 1927 Harry M. Woods Songs (Yodelling)

Columbia (1063-D) Recorded 3-17-1927 New York, New York Flipside to I Hate To Say Goodbye Lee Morse & Her Southern Serenaders Max Terr's Band (Musical group) Harry Woods (songwriter) Sidney Clare (songwriter) Lena Corinne "Lee" Morse (née Taylor; November 30, 1897 – December 16, 1954) was an American jazz and blues singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, and actress. Morse's greatest popularity was in the 1920s and early 1930s as a torch singer, although her career began around 1917 and continued until her death in 1954. Morse was known for her strong, deep singing voice and vocal range, which often belied her petite frame. She possessed a contralto vocal range, and one of her trademarks was her unique style of yodeling. Recording over 200 songs over her career, Morse was one of the most recorded female singers of the 1920s. She was also moderately successful as an actress on the Broadway stage. Her life and career, however, were marred by alcoholism. Morse's' group the Blue Grass Boys had no relation neither to their later namesake of Bill Monroe nor bluegrass music. Although Morse's Broadway prospects had dimmed by the 1930s, she could still be seen in a number of musical film shorts, including A Million Me's (Paramount, April 25, 1930), The Music Racket (Vitaphone, June 30, 1930), and Song Service (Paramount, October 24, 1930). Morse was born Lena Corinne Taylor on November 30, 1897 in Cove, Oregon. Morse died on December 16, 1954 in Rochester while visiting a neighbor. She was 57 years old. She is interred at the Riverside Cemetery. Lee Morse was a very unique singer. The song (What Do I Care What) Somebody Said? is a good example of her style. Her improvised vocalease break on the tune combines strange yodel-like yelps with her great swinging, Blues flavored delivery. She released dozens of other records like this under the name of Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys. Lyrics: (Yodelling) Everywhere I go, you'll see my baby too Strollin' the park, struttin' the avenue Now people pass remarks, but I hear every word Here's a few I've overheard Somebody said, "Oh, take a look at that baby!" Somebody said, "Oh, take a look at that boy!" Somebody said, "Gee, but he is sure a wonderful baby Such beautiful eyes and lips and hair, too good to be true" Somebody said, "Well, he's a little bit silly" Somebody said, "Sure, nothin' up in his head" But when they rave I go, "Tee-hee" 'Cause I know he's in love with me So what do I care what somebody said (Yodelling) Somebody said, "Oh, oh, oh, keep away from that baby" Somebody said, "No, no, no, no, nobody for you Somebody said, "I know why, but I don't like to be catty When people do this, that, those, and other things too" Somebody said, "Say, why, he hasn't a penny" Somebody said, "Gosh gee-whiz, why, he hasn't a cent" But while some folks knock and others hoot My daddy always comes home to roost So what do I care what somebody said