Lyrics - Yes! We Have No Bananas by Cantor Eddie

1.
There's a fruit store on our street,
It's run by a
Greek.
And he keeps good things to eat
But you should hear him speak.
When you ask him anything
He never answers "
No."
He just "
Yesses" you to death,
And as he takes your dough,
He tells you:(chorus)
YES!
We have no bananas,
We have no bananas today.
We've string beans and
HON-ions,
Cab-
BAH-ges and scallions
And all kinds of fruit, and say
We have an old fashioned to-
MAH-to,
Long
Island po-
TAH-to,
But
YES!
We have no bananas.
We have no bananas today.2.
Business got so good with him
He wrote home to say:"
Send me
Pete and
Nick and
Jim,
I need help right away."
When he got them in the store,
There was fun, you bet!
Someone asked for "
Sparrow grass,"
And the whole quartet
All answered:words & music:
Frank
Silver &
Irving
Cohncopyright: 1923
Skidmore
Music
Co.
Inc.
Source:
Sheet
Music
Magazine,
October, 1981
Transcribed:
Dilly(
Under
USA copyright law, should be public domain in 1998)

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