From the musical “Fifty Miles From Boston”, 1907. Words and music by George M. Cohan.
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Ain’t it awful, ain’t it awful
There’s poor Missis Kennedy
As nice a woman as can be
He treats her simply cruelly
Indeed, she has my sympathy
In jail is where he ought to be
Just nothing but a brute is he
He’s flirting ’round continually
In fact, he tried to flirt with me
It’s none of my bus’ness, but it’s awful
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Ain’t it awful, ain’t it awful
There’s that Missis Henry Thayer
The upstart with the haughty air
She makes me sick, I do declare
Of course, you know, she bleach’d her hair
She runs around the public square
To show her shape is why she’s there
That dentist better have a care
She’s always in the dentist’s chair
It’s none of my business, but it’s awful
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Ain’t it awful, ain’t it awful
There’s that Missis Charlie White
I think that she’s a perfect fright
Why all she does is scrap and fight
I’ll tell you something just for spite
She doesn’t treat her husband right
Although she can’t explain it quite
The foreman of the fact’ry might
He makes her husband work at night
It’s none of my bus’ness, but it’s awful