Things Are Getting Better Every Day 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 Nov 2009
2009

Times were hard
each day were getting harder
I was broke
and so was dear old father
Can't afford to squander a cent
Sold the Ford
to pay for the rent,
Sister Sue
and Sister Maude and Carrie
They got married right away.
Now life is sunny
it's milk and honey
ever since their wedding day!

Sister Susie's married to a tailor,
So I get all the clothes I want to wear,
Sister Sarah Jane
is married to a baker
so we have pie upon the bill of fare.
Sister Sadie's said
"She's old enough to wed!"
She's seventeen the twenty first of May
She engaged to wed the landlord
so we'll have no rent to pay
Oh! things are getting better ev'ry day!

Sister Susie's married to a tailor,
So I get all the clothes I want to wear,
Sister Sarah Jane
is married to a baker
so we have pie upon the bill of fare.
Sister Sadie's said
"She's old enough to wed!"
She's seventeen the twenty first of May
She engaged to wed the landlord
so we'll have no rent to pay
Oh! things are getting better ev'ry day!

Sister Nell
The iceman's crazy 'bout her
Heard him tell:
"He couldn't live without her!"
Ev'ry day he'd bring her some ice,
Yesterday he even called twice!
Sister May
woke up the other morning
Found a burglar 'neath the bed
She 'phoned the preacher,
Old Hiram Beecher
Brought the ring and they were wed.

Sister Susie's married to a tailor,
So I get all the clothes I want to wear,
Sister Sarah Jane
is married to a baker
so we have pie upon the bill of fare.
Sister Sadie's said
"She's old enough to wed!"
She's seventeen the twenty first of May
She engaged to wed the landlord
so we'll have no rent to pay
Oh! things are getting better ev'ry day!

Sister Susie's married to a tailor,
So I get all the clothes I want to wear,
Sister Sarah Jane
is married to a baker
so we have pie upon the bill of fare.
Sister Sadie's said
"She's old enough to wed!"
She's seventeen the twenty first of May
She engaged to wed the landlord
so we'll have no rent to pay
Oh! things are getting better ev'ry day!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Things Are Getting Better Every Day 1915
Song
Music by Jack Wells & Albert Gumble
Lyrics by Alfred Bryan
© MCMXV by Jerome H.Remick & Co. - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 25 November 2009 at 09.26
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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