| Lyrics: | 1st verse:]
Abie Bloom loved Miss Rosie Cohen
Abie as a bus'ness man was in a class
alone
Rosie's family were satisfied
Abie owned a clothing store, a bus'ness man
Ev'ry
month Rosie's father Mose
Walked in Abie's clothing store and took a suit of clothes
One
day Abie drew Rosie near
And whispered these words in her
ear:
[chorus:]
Bus'ness is bus'ness, Miss Rosie Cohen
I've got to pay for
ev'rything I own
Seven suits of clothes your father took out from my store
All he says is
"Charge it to my future son-in-law"
Tell your expensive father C.O.D.
Don't mean, "Come on
down to my store"
For
Ev'ry little dollar carries int'rest all it's own
Bus'ness is
bus'ness, Rosie Cohen!
[2nd verse:]
Abie said, "Listen Rosie dear
Ev'ry month a
suit means just a dozen suits a year
Seven years and then your father Mose
He will have
enough to start a clothing store
Then again, father is no fool
He can tell a cotton suit
from one that's made of wool
Since I fell in love with you Rose
Your father is so hard on
clothes |