A popular song from 1912. Title on Cover: “The Yiddisha Professor,” 1912. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Gene Buck. Copyright ©23 Nov 1912. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
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Chorus:
Come and hear the Yiddisha professor
Mister Abie Cohen, Abie Cohen
Come and hear him tickling the piano
In a first class Yiddisha tone
I would never kiss him on the lips
But I’d kiss him on the finger tips
Oy, such a much is the touch that lingers
In his Yiddisha fingers
He can make a second hand piano
Sound the same as new
More yet too
He can play some sentimental melody
And break the heart of a stone
When his melody begins to pour
Then your wishbone wishes for some more
Come along and listen to the Yiddisha professor
Mister Abie Cohen