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Thread #1652 Message #2768061
Posted By: Jim Dixon
17-Nov-09 - 06:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Don't Put a Tax on the Beautiful Girls
Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T PUT A TAX ON THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
You can see the sheet music at the Indiana University web site:
DON'T PUT A TAX ON THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
Jack Yellen and Milton Ager
New York: Leo. Feist Inc., 1919.
1. Taxes here and there,
Taxes ev'rywhere,
Taxes ev'ry place that they can be.
Though I'm getting by,
Still I can't deny
There's a tax I know would ruin me.
I wrote my congressman a note.
I said: "If you want my vote—
CHORUS 1: Don't put a tax on the beautiful girls. How can I live without love?
You can tax my business and all that I own,
But have a little pity—leave my pleasure alone.
What'll I do on a beautiful night if I should happen to fall?
Suppose that I'm about to kiss a beautiful maid.
What if she discovers that my tax isn't paid?
Don't put a tax on the beautiful girls, or I won't get any lovin' at all.
2. Ev'ry cent I make,
Tax collectors take.
They don't leave me with a single dime.
I can get along
Without the wine or song,
But I need the girlies all the time.
They're not a luxury with me.
They're a great necessity.
CHORUS 2: Don't put a tax on the beautiful girls. How can I live without love?
You can tax my soda—I'll pay it somehow—
But don't you think the price of chicken's high enough now?
What'll I do on a beautiful night if I should happen to fall?
But if you have to put a tax on beautiful vamps,
Let me be the guy who goes around with the stamps.
Don't put a tax on the beautiful girls, or I won't get any lovin' at all.