A popular song from 1919
Words and music by Ed Rose, Billy Baskette and Lew Pollack
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Down in my cellar, down in my cellar
I’ve been changing everything around
I’ve a secret hidden there, I’ll guard it with my life
There’s only one mistake I made, I told it to my wife
Chorus:
Now everybody wants a key to my cellar
My cellar, my cellar
People who before wouldn’t give me a tumble
Even perfect strangers are beginning to grumble
‘Cause I won’t let them have a key to my cellar
They’ll never get in, just let them try
They can have my money, they can have my car
They can have my wife if they want to go that far
But they can’t have the key that opens my cellar
If the whole darn world goes dry
2. Down in my cellar, down in my cellar
I’ve been having parties every night
People that I never knew come up and talk to me.
They’re trying hard to find out where I hang my cellar key