From “Stop Look Listen,” 1916. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Albert W. Barbelle. Copyright ©13 Jan 1916. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz
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Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus
I come around to the theatre in my automobile
Singing, “This is the life, this is the life”
Surrounded by chorus ladies in the troupe
I spend all my time in a chicken coop
They come to my dressing room as cute as can be
Saying “Won’t you hook up my dress for me?”
And it makes me mad to think my dear old dad
Wanted me to learn a trade
Chorus
I leave the show ev’ry evening in my automobile
Singing, “This is the life, this is the life”
My supper consists of chicken a la King
I get indigestion and everything
A ring on my finger with a four carat stone
Twenty payments more and it’s all my own
And it makes me mad to think my dear old dad
Wanted me to learn a trade