Lyr Req: Depression Era Songs

Subject: Lyr Add: SITTIN' ON A RUBBISH CAN
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 27 Nov 16 - 02:38 PM

SITTIN' ON A RUBBISH CAN
Words by Bob Schafer and Nelson A. Shawn, music by Johnny Burke, ©1931.
As recorded by Julia Gerity and Her Boys.

No one to walk with,
No one to talk with,
No one to call my man,
Heartsick and lonesome,
All by my ownsome,
Sittin' on a rubbish can.

No one to pet with,
Try and forget with,
Ever since I began.
I made my mind up
That I would wind up
Sittin' on a rubbish can.

He's and she's give me the breeze.
I know what their glances mean:
"Why don't you just hop right in
And help keep the city clean?"

No one to tease me,
No one to squeeze me,
I don't fit in life's plan.
Oh, hell! and so on.
Why must I go on
Sittin' on a rubbish can?

[Instrumental break.]

No one to neck with,
And raise some heck with,
I'm just an also-ran.
I'm getting static
Up in my attic,
Sittin' on a rubbish can.

No one to kiss me,
Do that and miss me.
What good is my divan?
Gee, it's a burn-up
To think I'd turn up
Sittin' on a rubbish can.

So I sing a song of love.
No one ever hears my song.
I could even love a moron,
Even a peepin' tom.

No one to ride with,
To sit beside with,
I'm in a swell sedan.
Believe me, sisters,
I'm getting blisters
Sittin' on a rubbish can.

Subject: Lyr Add: BANKING ON THE WEATHER (Young/Fain)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 28 Nov 16 - 12:31 AM

BANKING ON THE WEATHER
Words by Joe Young, music by Sammy Fain, ©1932.
As recorded by Joe Moss and His Orchestra, 1932.

VERSE: Oh, the world's a great big bank,
Filled with love untold.
Meet the lucky stars we hang.(?)
They're our hearts of gold.
When my work and hustle is through,
Here's the kind of bankin' I do:

CHORUS: Bankin' on the weather, mm-hmm, hope it doesn't rain.
Bankin' on the weather to bring us together again.

Bankin on the moonlight, mm-hmm, and the little stars.
I know that banks may come and banks may go, but there's no bank like ours.

Bankin' on our love nest,
Beside the water too;
Bankin' on the int'rest
I always get from you.

Bankin' on your kisses, mm-hmm, in a lovers' lane,
Bankin' on the weather to bring us together again.

Subject: Lyr Add: STRINGIN' ALONG ON A SHOE STRING
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 29 Nov 16 - 09:42 AM

STRINGIN' ALONG ON A SHOE STRING
Words by Harold Adamson, music by Burton Lane, ©
As recorded by Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman Hawkins and their Orchestra, 1933.

I'm stringin' along on a shoestring.
I'm havin' a wonderful time.
No wonder the world is a great place for me.

I don't have to pay for the moonlight.
I don't have to pay for the sunlight.
The kisses I get from my baby are free.

I got the birds and the flowers, blue skies above.
I spend my hours just making sweet(?) love.

I've got a wonderful sweetheart,
Who's happy as she can be
Just stringin' along on a shoestring with me.

Subject: Lyr Add: SUNNY SIDE UP (De Sylva/Brown/Henderson)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 29 Nov 16 - 11:51 AM

(KEEP YOUR) SUNNY SIDE UP
Words by Buddy De Sylva & Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson, ©1929.
From the film "Sunny Side Up" (1929)
As recorded by Chick Endor with Leonard Joy's Orchestra.

VERSE 1: There's one thing to think of when you're blue:
There are others much worse off than you.
If a load of trouble should arrive,
Laugh and say it's great to be alive.

CHORUS 1: And keep your sunny side up, up!
Hide the side that gets blue.
If you have nine sons in a row,
Baseball teams make money, you know.
Keep your funny side up, up!
Let your laughter come through, do!
Stand upon your legs.
Be like two fried eggs.
Keep your sunny side up.

VERSE 2: Life can be a pleasure or a pain,
Good or bad, successful or in vain.
Happiness is just a point of view.
If you have it, here's the thing to do:

CHORUS 2: Keep your sunny side up, up!
Drown a frown with a smile.
If you think it's raining for you,
Just remember others are blue.
Always look for the bright side.
Start the day on the right side.
You'll find life worthwhile.
Learn to wear a smile.
Keep your sunny side up.

[Lyrics recorded by Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra:]

Keep your sunny side up, up!
Hide the side that gets blue.
If you can't buy lobster and cake,
You're in luck; your tummy won't ache.
Keep your funny side up, up!
Let your laughter come through, do!
If you meet with gloom,
Don't "faw down go boom." *
Keep your sunny side up.

[* "I faw down an' go boom!" was a popular song title. I think it was a popular catch phrase before that, but I haven't been able to trace its origin.]