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Thread #105371   Message #2168395
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-Oct-07 - 06:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Yiddisha Eyes (Irving Berlin)
Subject: Lyr Add: YIDDISHA EYES (Irving Berlin)
The Indiana University Sheet Music Collections has the sheet music, viewable online.

YIDDISHA EYES
(Irving Berlin)
New York: Ted Snyder, Co., © 1910

1. Benny Bloom went to a swell affair,
Given by a real millionaire;
Jenny Golden Dollars was there.
Now comes the bus'ness end:
Benny to a friend,
Said, "Introduce me to Miss Jenny, do!"
Soon he whispered, "Pleased to meet you too!"
Then young Benny winked at Jenny
With his Yiddisha eyes.

CHORUS 1:
Oy, oy, oy, those Yiddisha eyes!
Benny had those Yiddisha eyes,
That shone so bright, with an Israel light;
Eyes that could tell a diamond in the night.
Oy, oy, oy, those Yiddisha eyes!
Benny had those Yiddisha eyes!
He took a look in her bankbook,
With his Yiddisha eyes.

2. Ben looked at her finger with his eyes,
Next day bought a ring the proper size.
Jenny's bus'ness father got wise!
Now comes the finish part:
Benny, from his heart,
Began to shout, "I love your daughter fine!"
Jenny's pa cried, "That's how I got mine!"
Benny, bending, saw the ending,
With his Yiddisha eyes.

CHORUS 2:
Oy, oy, oy, those Yiddisha eyes!
Benny had those Yiddisha eyes,
That shone so bright, with an Israel light;
Eyes that could tell a diamond in the night.
Oy, oy, oy, those Yiddisha eyes!
Benny had those Yiddisha eyes!
He said, "Farewell." The teardrops fell
From his Yiddisha eyes.