A popular song from 1912. Title on cover: “That Society Bear.” Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Gene Buck. Copyright ©1 Apr 1912. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus:
Doing that Society Bear
Hetty Green and Rockefeller
Threw their shoulders up in the air
Rocking like a big propeller
Someone cried, “Cuddle up to your Vanderbilt
Wrap me up in a beautiful di’mond quilt”
Mister Schwab was on the job
In a high-toned manner, playing the piano
Morgan cried, “I don’t give a care
Let me spend another dollar”
Throwing up his hands in the air
Mister Gould began to holler
“Stocks are going up, going up, going up
Stocks are going up, going up, going up”
So, come on, let’s kill that Society Bear
It’s a bear, it’s a bear
Performance
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