<P> It was co-written by Jordan and Billy Austin . Austin ( March 6 , 1896 -- July 24 , 1964 ) was a songwriter and author , born in Denver , Colorado . The phrase `` is you is or is you ai n't '' is dialect , apparently first recorded in a 1921 story by Octavus Roy Cohen , a Jewish writer from South Carolina who wrote humorous black dialect fiction . Glenn Miller recorded this song on a radio broadcast from Europe during World War II . </P>
<P> It was co-written by Jordan and Billy Austin . Austin ( March 6 , 1896 -- July 24 , 1964 ) was a songwriter and author , born in Denver , Colorado . The phrase `` is you is or is you ai n't '' is dialect , apparently first recorded in a 1921 story by Octavus Roy Cohen , a Jewish writer from South Carolina who wrote humorous black dialect fiction . Glenn Miller recorded this song on a radio broadcast from Europe during World War II . </P>
who wrote is you is or is you ai n 't my baby lyrics
who wrote is you is or is you ai n 't my baby lyrics
Jordan Billy Austin
Jordan Billy Austin