A popular song from 1912. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by E.H. Pfeiffer. Copyright ©9 Aug 1912. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus
Keep away from the fellow who owns an automobile
He’ll take you far in his motor car
Too darn far from your Pa and Ma
If his forty horsepower goes sixty miles an hour say
Goodbye forever, goodbye forever
There’s no chance to talk, squawk or balk
You must kiss him or get out and walk
Keep away from the fellow who owns an automobile
Extra Chorus endings from 1912 cylinder record by Ada Jones
2.….goodbye forever.
If a cop should see, then you’d be,
Pinched for speeding in the third degree.
Keep away from the fellow who owns an automobile.
4.….goodbye forever.
You’ll be bumping some, like a drum.
You won’t sit down for many days to come.
Keep away from the fellow who owns an automobile.