Ain't We Got Fun 1921

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Dec 2008
2008

Bill collectors gather
'round and rather
haunt the cottage next door
men the grocer and butcher sent
men who call for the rent
but within a happy chappy
and his bride of only a year
seem to be so cheerful
here's an ear full
of the chatter you hear:

Ev'ry morning
ev'ry evening
ain't we got fun
not much money
oh but honey
ain't we got fun,
the rent's unpaid dear
we haven't a bus
but smiles were made dear
for people like us.
In the winter
in the summer
ain't we got fun
times are bum
and getting bummer
still we have fun
there's nothing surer
the rich get rich
and the poor get children
in the mean time
in between time
ain't we got fun.

Ev'ry morning
ev'ry evening
ain't we got fun
not much money
oh but honey
ain't we got fun,
the rent's unpaid dear
we haven't a bus
but smiles were made dear
for people like us.
In the winter
in the summer
ain't we got fun
times are bum
and getting bummer
still we have fun
there's nothing surer
the rich get rich
and the poor get children
in the mean time
in between time
ain't we got fun.

Just to make their trouble
nearly double
something happened last night
to their chimney a grey bird came
Mister Stork is his name
and I'll bet two pins
a pair of twins
just happened in with the bird,
still they're very gay and merry
Just at dawning I heard:

Ev'ry morning
ev'ry evening
don't we have fun
Twins and cares dear
come in pairs dear
don't we have fun.
We've only started
as mommer and pop
are we downhearted
I'll say that we're not.
Landlord's
mad and getting madder
ain't we got fun
Times are bad
and getting badder
still we have fun,
There's nothing surer
the rich get rich
and the poor get laid off
in the meantime
in between time
ain't we got fun.

Ev'ry morning
ev'ry evening
don't we have fun
Twins and cares dear
come in pairs dear
don't we have fun.
We've only started
as mommer and pop
are we downhearted
I'll say that we're not.
Landlord's
mad and getting madder
ain't we got fun
Times are bad
and getting badder
still we have fun,
There's nothing surer
the rich get rich
and the poor get laid off
in the meantime
in between time
ain't we got fun.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ain't We Got Fun 1921
Song
Music by Richard A.Whiting
Lyrics by Gus Kahn & Raymond B.Egan
© 1921 by Jerome H.Remick & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 21 December 2008 at 23.50
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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