From the show “Marrying Mary”, 1906.
Words by William Cahill.
Music by Benjamin Hapgood Burt.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I never will forget the words that father said to me
When I was but a little tot and sat upon his knee
“Successful men you’ll find, my son, have always lots of dough
Then father used to sing to me and prove that it was so
Chorus:
Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do
That’s what father used to teach me, many years ago
Dough means money, ain’t it funny, everywhere we go
It’s Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do
2. I thought I’d take my dad’s advice and so I started in
By putting fifty dollars on a horse they said would win
The horse ran halfway around the track and then refused to go
The fastest thing that went that day was fifty of my dough
3. Three girls were once debating on the kind of man they’d wed
“I’d like a man who stays at home” the first one quickly said
The second said she’d like a man whose love he’d always show
The third one said, “Oh! “twenty-three” give me the man with dough”
4. You’ve heard of Rip Van Winkle, who at sleeping was immense,
But some of our officials make him look like thirty cents,
They’ve got the Pullman sleepers beat about a mile or so,
The only time they wake up is, when some one hollers “dough”
5. If Daniel Webster came on earth, I wonder what hed say,
To see the way that “Teddy” wants to make us spell to-day.
Although he’s tried to change a few, there’s one word he let go;
It makes no diff’rence how it’s spelled, and that one word is “dough”
6. It’s tough to think of all the coin, that Rockefeller’s worth,
But still he isn’t satisfied, he wants to own the earth;
But he will get no rain check when he dies and goes below;
Twill be so warm his wig will melt, and so will all his “dough”