A popular song from 1913.
Words by Harry Williams & Joe Young.
Music by Bert Grant.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Someone took a trip down to the city
Someone had a pocket full of dough
Someone always has to feed the kitty
Someone has to keep the lights aglow
After someone’s lark someone heard someone remark
As in the park he made a bench his bed
Broadway is a joke, I’m disgusted and I’m broke
Then someone interrupted him and said
Chorus:
Don’t blame it all on Broadway,
You have yourself to blame
Don’t shame the name of dear old Broadway
For in any other town it’s just the same
Your life is what you make it
When you try to turn night into day
And if you should be dining with a little stranger
Red lights seem to warn you of a danger
Don’t blame it all on Broadway
2. Someone thought the world would be forgiving
Someone then returned to his home town
Someone tried to change his way of living
Someone tried so hard to settle down
Someone then in vain had to come right back again
Back where he thought life seemed bright and gay
Someone in the park heard someone to him remark
You were right the night I heard you say