At the Five and Ten Cent Store

A popular song from 1915.
Words by Marvin Lee.
Music by Jean Walz.

The sheet music:

At-the-Five-and-Ten-Cent-Store – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

At_The_Five_And_Ten_Cent_Store – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Young Johnny Dove was head and heels in love
    With a pretty little maid named Flossie Moore
    She used to work as a nifty little clerk
    At the Five and Ten Cent Store
    Each day at three young Johnnie used to be
    Where Flossie worked
    One day she asked him “Why?”
    “I’m going to be wed”, to her he softly said
    “And ev’ry thing I need I always buy”

Chorus
At the Five and Ten Cent Store
I got the carpet for the floor
The paper on the wall
And the matting in the hall
Lots of other things galore
Now I’m coming back for more
There’s something else I’m looking for
Marry me, my honey do
So I can say I got you, too
At the Five and Ten Cent Store

  1. The years have fled since John and Flo were wed
    They’re as happy as two “Doves” could ever be
    Their home so sweet, it is now about complete
    What a pretty sight to see
    This happy pair are quite contented there
    With kiddies three age seven, six and four
    Young Johnnie says to Flo
    “I want the world to know
    We didn’t get them at the Ten Cent Store”

(alternative endings are on the sheet music)

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: