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Bellstruck@aol.com Lyr Req/Add: I Want To Be a Janitor's Child (6) Tune Req: I Wish I Was a Janitor's Child 27 Feb 99


Looking for composer and/or music for an old song from before the 30's called "I Wish I Was a Janitor's Child" or maybe it's called "I Want To Be a Janitor's Child." Some lyrics are:

I live in a big apartment house with eighteen elevators,
And butler, maids and chauffeur men, and 15 million waiters.
You can't slide down the banister, nor play jacks on the floor.
Ma says it's very elegant, but I like the house next door;
For there's a little girl who lives in there. She's just as big as me.
She's got the grandest yeller dog, and a kitten full of fleas.

Oh, I wish my pa was a janitor's man,
And I could run for beer with a nice tin can,
Sample all the goodies that the grocer brings,
Dig into the ashcan to find nice things.
I wouldn't have to ride in a smelly auto'bile.
For a nice wagon ride I am wild.
Why was I born with a broker for a pa,
When I want to be a janitor's child?


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