A popular song from 1902. Words by William Jerome. Music by Jean Schwartz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus
Hamlet was a melancholy Dane
Hamlet was a melancholy Dane
I tried to laugh a little
But there wasn’t any chance
He didn’t sing a song or even do a funny dance
Hamlet was a melancholy Dane
Why he wouldn’t give Omega oil a pain
He was icy and frapped
As a Boston college maid
For Hamlet was a melancholy Dane
Chorus
Hamlet was a melancholy Dane
Hamlet was a melancholy Dane
He looked just like a fellow
Who had trouble with his wife
Or a Brooklyn man that pushed
A baby carriage all his life
Hamlet was a melancholy Dane
No wonder poor Ophelia went insane
Perhaps ’twas salary
And he didn’t get his pay
For Hamlet was a melancholy Dane
Performance
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