Added to a Summer Edition of “THE COCOANUTS,” 1926. [unpublished].
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Copyright ©28 Jun 1926
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics:
Verse
Girls with golden hair
Seem to have a flair
That makes a kind old gentleman respond.
Since the world began,
Ev’ry gentleman
Is just a man who’s gentle to a blonde.
Chorus 1
The most neglected girls in town
Are those with hair of black or brown
’Cause gentlemen prefer blondes.
The redheads and the sweet brunettes
Make very lovely household pets,
But gentlemen prefer blondes.
A curly head of yellow
Without any sense
Can always make a fellow
Pay all the expense.
A girlie with a golden crop
Can take the Scotchman out to shop
’Cause gentlemen prefer blondes.
Chorus 2
A girl with Mary Pickford curls
Will live to see her string of pearls
’Cause gentlemen prefer blondes.
It takes a fair-haired Mary Ann
To catch a Cinderella man
’Cause gentlemen prefer blondes.
Those golden heads that flutter
With so many faults
Make men of eggs and butter
Go down to their vaults.
If you don’t think it means a lot,
Just see what Peggy Hopkins got,
’Cause gentlemen prefer blondes.
Chorus 3
A married redhead or brunette
Will soon discover with regret
That gentlemen prefer blondes.
The hair she finds on hubby’s sleeve
When he comes home makes her believe
That gentlemen prefer blondes.
A girl with golden tresses
Who touched up her hair
Is wearing all the dresses
The wife ought to wear.
Peroxide on a lady’s dome
Will help to keep her husband home
’Cause gentlemen prefer blondes.