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1. There's a fruit store on our street,
It's run by a Greek.
And he keeps good things to eat
But you should hear him speak.
When you ask him anything
He never answers "
No."
He just "
Yesses" you to death,
And as he takes your dough,
He tells you:(chorus)YES! We have no bananas,
We have no bananas today.
We've string beans and HON-ions,
Cab-BAH-ges and scallions
And all kinds of fruit, and say
We have an old fashioned to-MAH-to,
Long Island po-TAH-to,
But YES! We have no bananas.
We have no bananas today.2. Business got so good with him
He wrote home to say:"
Send me Pete and Nick and Jim,I need help right away."
When he got them in the store,
There was fun, you bet!
Someone asked for "
Sparrow grass,"
And the whole quartet
All answered:words & music: Frank Silver & Irving Cohncopyright: 1923 Skidmore Music Co. Inc.
Source: Sheet Music Magazine, October, 1981
Transcribed: Dilly(
Under USA copyright law, should be public domain in 1998)
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