Transcribed from vocals by Fanny Brice, recorded
August 11, 1921, (from Ziegfeld Follies of 1921)
From The
Broadway Musical, vol 1: 1918 - 1929, Chansons Actualites; CIN025.
Father has a business,
Strictly second-hand,
Everything from tooth-picks to
a baby grand.
Stuff in our apartment,
Came from Father's store,
Even things I'm wearing, someone
wore before.
It's no wonder that I feel abused;
I never get a thing that ain't
been used!
I'm wearing second-hand hats,
Second-hand clothes,
That's why the call me Second Hand
Rose.
Even our piano in the parlor,
Father bought for ten cents on
the dollar.
Second-hand pearls,
I'm wearing second-hand curls,
I never get a single thing that's
new!
Even Jakie Cohen, he's the man
I adore,
Had the nerve to tell me he'd been
married before!
Everyone knows that I'm just Second
Hand Rose,
From Second Avenue.
I'm wearing second-hand shoes,
Second-hand hose,
All the girls hand me their second-hand
beaus!
Even my pajamas, when I don them,
Have somebody else's 'nitials on
them.
Second-hand rings, I'm sick of
second-hand things,
I never get what other goilies
do.
Once while strolling through the
Ritz, a woman got my goat,
She nudged her friend and said,
"Oh, look, there goes my last year's coat!"
Everyone knows that I'm just Second
Hand Rose,
From Second Avenue.
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