I LIKE BANANAS (BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO BONES)
As sung by Billy Cotton on "Vintage Comic Music of the '20s & '30s"

Standing by the fruit store on the corner,
Once I heard a customer complain:
You never seem to show
The fruit we all love so.
That's why business hasn't been the same.

I don't like your peaches; they are full of stones,
But I like bananas because they have no bones.
Don't give me tomatoes; can't stand ice-cream cones,
But I like bananas because they have no bones.
No matter where I go,
With Suzy, May, or Anna,
I want the world to know
I must have my banana.
Cabbages and onions hurt my singing tones,
But I like bananas because they have no bones.

Now I don't care for muffins; I don't like buttered scones,
Ah, but I like bananas because they have no bones.
I don't like giggling flappers; I don't like ancient crones,
But I like bananas because they have no bones.
And fig leaves and bearskins
That you girls often trip on,
Why not have banana skins?
They're easy things to slip on.
I can't bear tax collectors, especially one who phones,
But I like bananas because they have no bones.

I don't like a crooner; of the blues he moans,
But we like bananas because they have no bones.
I don't like politicians; they're human gramophones.
We like bananas because they have no bones.
I never cared for drink.
To me it seems so sinful.
Though when you come to think,
Bananas get a skinful.
I don't like the bagpipes and I can't stand saxophones.
We like bananas because they have no bones.