From the 1921 musical comedy “Love Birds”.
Words by Ballard MacDonald.
Music by Sigmund Romberg.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
There is many a man
Who in bus’ness began
With experience smaller than mine
I’ve at least served a term
With each prominent firm
In most ev’ry conceivable line
There was never a place
My intelligent face
Didn’t make the boss jump to employ me
But relations grew strained
And I never remained
To become a down-trodden employee
Chorus
It was all through a thimble
I parted with Gimble
An axe split relations with Saks
I wasn’t the feller for Bonwit and Teller
And several others, including Stern Brothers
I wouldn’t take kidding from Gidding
Nor Franklin and Simon Legree
I know I can do without Macy, it’s true
But can Macy Do without me?
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: