Second Hand Rose 1921

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 16 Nov 2002

Father has a business strictly secondhand,
ev'rything from toothpicks to a baby grand,
stuff in our apartment
came from Father's store,
even things I'm wearing
someone wore before;
it's no wonder that I feel abused,
I never have a thing that ain't been used:

I'm wearing secondhand hats
secondhand clothes
that's why they call me SecondHand Rose
Even our piano in the parlour
Father bought for ten cents on the dollar,
Secondhand pearls
I'm wearing secondhand curls
I never get a single thing that's new.
Even Jake the plumber,
he's the man I adore
he had the nerve to tell me
he's been married before.
Ev'ryone knows
that I'm just SecondHand Rose
from Second Avenue.

I'm wearing secondhand shoes,
secondhand hose,
all the girls hand me their second-hand beaux
even my pyjamas when I don 'em
have somebody else's 'nitials on 'em.
Secondhand rings
I'm sick of secondhand things
I never get what other girlies do.
Once when strolling thru the Ritz
a girl got my goat
she nudged her friend and said:
"Oh look! There's my old fur coat."
Ev'ryone knows
that I'm just SecondHand Rose
from Second Avenue.

Soft karaoke
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Second Hand Rose 1921
Music by James F. Hanley
Lyrics by Grant Clarke
copyright 1921 by Shapiro, Bernstein and Co. Inc.
copyright for this arrangement 1965
by Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Inc.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 16 November 2002 at 15.18
in association with Doug Grierson
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