Song lyrics to Man Smart, Woman Smarter (1936) – a calypso song composed by King Radio (Norman Span), performed in the I Love Lucy episode Ragtime Band
Let us put men and women together
See which one is smarter
Some say men, but I say no
The women got the men like a puppet show
It ain’t me – it’s the people that say
That the men are leading the women astray
But I say that the women today
Are smarter than the men in every way
That’s right, the women are smarter
That’s right, the women are smarter
That’s right, the women are smarter
The women are smarter that’s right
(that’ right)
Little boy sit on the corner and cry
Big man come and he ask him why
Says I can’t do what the big boys do
Man sat down and he cried too
It ain’t me, but the people who say
That the men are leading the women astray
But I say that the women today
Are smarter than the men in every way
That’s right, the women are smarter
That’s right, the women are smarter
That’s right, the women are smarter
The women are smarter that’s right
(that’ right)
Ever since the world began
Women been imitating the ways of men
But listen, boys cause I’ve got a plan
Give it up, don’t try to understand
It ain’t me – it’s the people that say
That the men are leading the women astray
But I say that the women today
Are smarter than the men in every way
That’s right, the women are smarter
That’s right, the women are smarter
That’s right, the women are smarter
The women are smarter that’s right
(that’ right)