Men Smart, Women Smarter

[Old and In the Way]

Let us put men and women together, see which one is smarter,
Some say men, but I say no, women got the men like a puppet show.

It ain't me it's the people that say, men are leading women astray,
I say, it's the women today, smarter than the men in every way,
That's right the women are smarter, the women are smarted that's right.

Little boy sitting in the corner and cry, big man come and ask him why,
He said "I can't do what the big boys do", the man sat down and he cried too.

It ain't me it's the people that say, men are leading women astray,
I say, it's the women today, smarter than the men in every way.
That's right the women are smarter, the women are smarted that's right

Ever since the world began women been imitating the ways of men,
But listen cause I've got a plan, give it up just don't try to understand.

It ain't me it's the people that say, men are leading women astray,
I say, it's the women today, smarter than the men in every way.
That's right the women are smarter, the women are smarted that's right.

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Well, I guess we can agree that is debatable, not no question that the Dead could get you outta your seat and dancing on this one....

I want to know, though...who wrote it? And why?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. That was Jimmy Soul's other hit

The first one being If You Wanna Be Happy

[H2O Man]

2. I'm not sure ....

but I do know that John Lennon said, "There's a great woman behind every fool." (Of course, he also said,"Women should be obscene, but not heard.")

[teach1st]

3. Dead - Smarter mp3

Download:

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/gd-smarter.mp3

Smallest version I have - I'm not sure which version it is.

[teach1st]

4. From Dead Disc

http://www.deaddisc.com/songs/Man_Smart.htm

Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
Composer: Norman Span
Grateful Dead

Weir Here: The Best Of Bob Weir, Bob Weir, 2004

Ratdog

Baltimore MD: October 20, 2003, Ratdog, 2003
Columbus OH: November 8, 2003, Ratdog, 2003
Lawrence KS: November 18, 2003, Ratdog, 2003

Others

Calypso, Harry Belafonte, 1956
Music to Awaken the Ballroom Beast, The Brute Force Steel Band, 1957
Belafonte At Carnegie Hall, Harry Belafonte, 1959
Joan Baez In San Fransisco, Joan Baez, 1964
Calypso In Brass, Harry Belafonte, 1966
Some People Can Do What They Like, Robert Palmer, 1976
Right Or Wrong, Rosanne Cash, 1979
Geraint Watkins and The Dominators, 1979
All Time Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Harry Belafonte, 1988
Calypso From Jamaica, Harry Belafonte, 1994

Notes

The Belafonte LP Calypso is thought to be the first LP that sold over 1 million copies.

[Taverner]

5. I always thought it was an old carribean folk tune

The Dead were always good at digging up the most obscure covers...