You can see the sheet music at The National Library of Australia, or hear the Happiness Boys sing the song at YouTube.


OH-MY-YES! (US GIRLS* MUST HAVE OUR FUN)
Words and music by Felix Austead
Sydney: Chappell & Co., ©1924.
As sung by Billy Jones & Ernest Hare (The Happiness Boys)

1. Doctor Green told Missus Luce,
"Ride a horse and you'll reduce."
She rode four weeks, gained ten in weight,
But the poor old horse lost forty-eight.

CHORUS: Oh, my, yes, us girls* must have our fun.
Oh, my, yes, us girls* must have our fun.

2. Have you seen the girls today
As they stroll along Broadway?
The sun shines east, the sun shines west,
And shines so bright they look undressed.

3. Go in and out the windows.
Go in and out the windows.
Go in and out the windows.
We feel fine today.

4. Mister Burns was brought home dead.
"He's still warm," the neighbors said,
But Missus Burns with tears did shout:
"Hot or cold, he goes right out."

5. You should see Miss Nellie Green,
Funniest gal you've ever seen.
She's got a neck like an old smokestack,
Not as long but just as black.

6. This is the way we wash our clothes,
Wash our clothes, wash our clothes.
This is the way we wash our clothes,
Ev'ry rainy Tuesday.

7. There's a lady, eighty-three.
She lives across the street from me.
She laughs and says, "Ain't nature sweet?
I've just two teeth. I'm glad they meet."

8. Have you heard that Mary Grant
Has a job in a powder plant?
Twelve a week is all it pays,
But in powder plants you get a raise.

9. Mrs. Cohen was looking for
Apartments on the second floor.
Her husband said, "There's no bath here."
She said, "We'll only stay a year."

[* "Girls" in the original sheet music. The Happiness Boys changed "girls" to "boys." They also added verses 3 and 6 above.]

[The sheet music actually has 39 verses, but I didn't consider them worth typing.]