[Intro: Judy Garland with The King's Men, Judy Garland]
In the evening by the moonlight, you should drop
You folks should drop down to the old barbershop
Old barbershop

[Verse 1: Judy Garland, The King's Men, Judy Garland with The King's Men]
Down in the great big rathskeller
Where a swell colored fella
By the name of Bill Jefferson Lord
Played the piano while he'd sing a song
Mm-hmm
He just sang and played the whole night long
'Til one night a starry-eyed lady
They call lovable Sadie heard him playing that barbershop chord
When he finished Sadie drew a sigh
Oh, Lord
Everytimе that she would catch his eye shе'd cry

[Chorus: Judy Garland, The King's Men, Judy Garland with The King's Men]
Mr. Jefferson Lord (Ooh-wah)
Play the barbershop chord (Ooh-wah)
That soothing harmony (Da-da, da-da)
It makes an awful, awful, awful hit with me
Play that strain (Ah)
Just to please me again (Ah, ah, ah)
'Cause, Mister, when you start that minor part
I feel your fingers slippin' and a-grippin' my heart
Oh, Lord (Oh, Mr. Lord)
Play the barbershop chord
[Chorus: The King's Men, Judy Garland, Judy Garland with The King's Men]
Mr. Jefferson Lord
Thomas Jefferson Lord
Play that barbershop chord
Play that barbershop chord
That soothing harmony
Sweet harmony
Makes a terrible, terrible, terrible (Terr-boo-hoo-hoo-hoo)
Hit with me
Play that strain
Play that strain
Just to please me again
Just to please me again
'Cause, Mister, when you start that minor part
I feel your fingers slippin' and a-grippin' my heart
Oh, Lord
Mr. Jefferson Lord
Play that barbershop chord