| Lyrics: | By George Whiting, Irving Berlin and Ted Snyder".]
[1st verse:]
You've heard about
foxy old Brownie
Who sent his whole fam'ly away
Well you can just bet that I envied old
Brown
When I heard him shouting Hooray!
I borrowed some money from Brownie
Induced my
old lady to pack
It's now been a month and I can't raise the price
To pay for her fare
coming back
[chorus:]
Oh, where is my wife tonight?
Oh, why did she leave my
sight?
I'm sorry to say, I shouted hooray!
Oh, why did I ever let her go away?
She
never would leave the town
If it hadn't have been for Brown
Bring back, bring
back
Bring back my wifey to me
[2nd verse:]
I've tried ev'ry way to raise
money
But none of my friends are in town
Excepting the one man who started this
thing
So I called around to see Brown
He answered, "I'm sorry old fellow
I'll have to
refuse you this time
I just have enough money left in the bank
To send for that fam'ly of
mine |
