A popular song from 1925
Words by Sidney Clare
Music by James V. Monaco
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
“From a hero to a villain” said John Applesauce,
“I have changed because of a gal
Ev’ry doggie has his day and now she’s back again
And wants to be my best pal.
But it’s too late, can’t you see?
What was to be had to be:”
Chorus
Ah-Ha! You’re begging for a kiss.
Ah-Ha! I knew ‘t would come to this.
You made me learn to love you, yes! Until
You made me learn to hate you, I bruise and I kill.
Ah-Ha! You used to doubt me, too,
‘Twas you who was untrue.
You broke my heart to pieces, and it has no chance to mend,
You even used my Ford to run away with my best friend.
Ah-Ha! You used to Ah-Ha me,
But now I’m gonna Ah-Ha you.
Chorus 2
Ah-Ha! You’re talking sweet to me.
Ah-Ha! You’re acting diff’rently.
The way that you abused me was a sin.
So go away you woman, I’m apt to give in.
Ah-Ha! You never thought I knew
That you were true to two.
You said that I meant nothing and I never had a cent,
But I’ve got forty dollars in the bank at four percent.
Ah-Ha! You used to Ah-Ha! me,
But now I’m gonna Ah-Ha! You.
Verse 2
Now she’s Mrs. Applesauce, and just a year has passed.
True, but now at last she’s the boss.
She has promised to obey him and to love him so,
Then gave him the double cross.
Now she has things all her way.
You’d laugh if you heard her say:
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: