Society Bear 1912 Stella Mayhew

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Aug 2005

Millionaires, so the papers tell,
learned a dance that we all know well,
papers say that an extra swell affair
was given by a millionaire.
The rich four hundred, one and all,
had gathered there;
strange to say some reporter men,
happened there with a pad and pen,
they wrote down what they saw,
and when the news
was printed in the papers,
people were reading everywhere,

Doing that Society Bear.
Hetty Green and Rockefeller
threw their shoulders up in the air,
rocking like a big propeller,
someone cried: "Cuddle up to your Vanderbilt,
wrap me up in a beautiful diamond quilt."
Mister Schwab was on the job,
in a high toned manner
playing the piano,
Morgan cried: "I don't give a care,
let me spend another dollar."
Throwing up his hands in the air;
Mister Gould began to holler,
Stocks are going up, going up, going up,
Stocks are going up, going up, going up,
so come on, let's dance that Society Bear,
it's a bear, it's a bear.

Doing that Society Bear.
Hetty Green and Rockefeller
threw their shoulders up in the air,
rocking like a big propeller,
someone cried: "Cuddle up to your Vanderbilt,
wrap me up in a beautiful diamond quilt."
Mister Schwab was on the job,
in a high toned manner
playing the piano,
Morgan cried: "I don't give a care,
let me spend another dollar."
Throwing up his hands in the air;
Mister Gould began to holler,
Stocks are going up, going up, going up,
Stocks are going up, going up, going up,
so come on, let's dance that Society Bear,
it's a bear, it's a bear.

Papers say, ev'rybody there
laughed out loud when an heiress fair,
kissed John D. where he has no hair at all;
then cunningly began to call
his head her lovin' billiard ball,
amid the hall.
Carnegie did the Turkey Trot,
for an hour with a chicken that
egged him on 'til he most forgot to care
a snap about his libr'ry,
doing that rich Society Bear.

Doing that Society Bear.
Hetty Green and Rockefeller
threw their shoulders up in the air,
rocking like a big propeller,
someone cried: "Cuddle up to your Vanderbilt,
wrap me up in a beautiful diamond quilt."
Mister Schwab was on the job,
in a high toned manner
playing the piano,
Morgan cried: "I don't give a care,
let me spend another dollar."
Throwing up his hands in the air;
Mister Gould began to holler,
Stocks are going up, going up, going up,
Stocks are going up, going up, going up,
so come on, let's dance that Society Bear,
it's a bear, it's a bear.

Doing that Society Bear.
Hetty Green and Rockefeller
threw their shoulders up in the air,
rocking like a big propeller,
someone cried: "Cuddle up to your Vanderbilt,
wrap me up in a beautiful diamond quilt."
Mister Schwab was on the job,
in a high toned manner
playing the piano,
Morgan cried: "I don't give a care,
let me spend another dollar."
Throwing up his hands in the air;
Mister Gould began to holler,
Stocks are going up, going up, going up,
Stocks are going up, going up, going up,
so come on, let's dance that Society Bear,
it's a bear, it's a bear.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Society Bear 1912
Words and Music By Irving Berlin
Performer: As Sung at the Winter Garden By Stella Mayhew
© 1912 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 10 August 2005 at 10.37
in association with Doug Grierson
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