Eve Cost Adam Just One Bone

A 1921 popular song.
Words and music by Charles A. Bayha.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Ev’rybody knows the story
    How Adam gave his rib for Eve
    Ev’rybody think it’s awful
    The way she caused poor “Ad” to grieve
    But I’ve thought the matter over
    And here’s the reason why
    I’ve come to this conclusion
    Adam was a lucky guy

Refrain
Eve cost Adam just one bone
But he couldn’t get away with that today
He never had no sealskin coats to buy
And there were no millinery bills to pay
She caused him trouble
And he got the weary blues
She liked to raise a little Cain, that is a fact
But she only cost him just one bone
And you can’t expect too doggone much for that

  1. Eve had sev’ral thousand dresses
    All growing on a tree, they say
    And some women must imagine
    That they still grow that way today
    Look at all the big fur jackets
    And sealskin coats they wear
    The kind of skin that Eve wore
    Must have been a little bare

Refrain
Eve cost Adam just one bone
And you must admit he got his money’s worth
But even if he paid more than he should
Just remember lucky Adam owned the earth
She caused him trouble
And he got the weary blues
She was a bit too fond of apples, that’s a fact
But she only cost him just one bone
And you can’t expect too doggone much for that


Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: