A popular song from 1924
Words and music by Vic Hedden & Van and Schenck
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I have a beau who’s a wonderful guy
Strong as an ox, six feet in his socks
I look at his picture and oh how I sigh
He sure made a dent in me heart
I calls him the cat’s velour
Cause he is a spend thrift for sure
Chorus:
I call him big hearted Benny
He’s as tight as the skin on a prune
When he gets his salary on each Saturday
Houdini himself couldn’t get it away
He gave me a bouquet of flowers
They’re paper so they’re bound to last
My fur coat needs mending and he don’t know that
The cheapest they’ll fix it is ten dollars flat
And I wasn’t tell him or he’ll shoot our cat
Still I call him big hearted Ben
2. Ben’s always saying how business is bad
His darn old boss, just treats him so cross
But strictly between us I knows for a fact
He makes fifty bucks every week
He says he makes just fifteen
Say that guy would milk a sardine
Chorus:
I call him big hearted Benny
Tho he’s tight as the corn on a cob
Why he eats condensed milk like he was a Lord
He’s savin’ the cans up to build him a Ford
I’m sorry that he was a soldier
He’s wearing his uniform yet
I once darned his socks where he wore out the soles
And when I get through he knocked me for ten goals
He said, “Where’s the stuff that was once in those holes
And I call him big hearted Ben