Fortune Tellin' Man - Helen Humes, Leonard Feather's Hiptet

Oh fortune tellin' man

Please tell me if you can

Where where my papa was last night

He plays harp fiddle in a band uptown

Oh tell me can it be that he’s been fiddling around

Oh fortune tellin' man

Please tell me how I stand

Is my papa treating me wrong or right?

Last night he was as strong as a lion when he left the flat

Came home this morning just as weak as a cat

Oh fortune tellin' man

Please tell me if you can

Where my papa was last night

Don’t tell him where I was

Just tell me where he was last night

Oh fortune tellin' man

Please tell me where I stand

Is my papa treating me wrong or right?

My papa never would leave me

All alone and blue

Especially when there was a little homework to do

Oh fortune tellin' man

Please tell me if you can

Where my papa was last night

Don’t tell him where I was

Just tell me where he was last night