Climbing Up the Scale (MUSIC BOX REVUE, 1923)

From the “MUSIC BOX REVUE,” 1923.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Cover Art by R.S. Rosebud-Rosenbaum Studio.
Copyright © 6 Oct 1923.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

1. Singing is a part of ev’ry creature
   Ev’rybody likes to hum a tune
   Let me be your little singing teacher
   I’ve prepared your lesson
   You can learn it soon

Chorus
Strike a key and begin with do
Do re mi and the rest you know
One, two, three, come along, let’s go
Climbing up the scale
Oh, what fun going up and when
That’s all done you go down and then
Ev’ryone should begin again
Climbing up the scale
A tenor or a soprano
Can try it on a piano
Strike a key and begin with do
Do re mi and the rest you know
One, two, three, come along, let’s go
Climbing up the scale

2. In this very ordinary chorus
   There’s an old effect that never fails
   So we’ll ask you to do something for us
   While we sing the chorus
   You go up the scale

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Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: