A popular song from 1919
Words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
Music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Here’s a hard-luck story
Of a hard-luck little queen
She’s our brand-new neighbor
And she lives in room thirteen
We thought she’d be unlucky
With that number on her door
But she’s got everything she needs
And just a little bit more
Chorus
Oh! the woman up in room thirteen
What a happy little queen
She’s not superstitious
Gets what she wishes
You ought to see her driving in her limousine
And she wears the latest kind of clothes
Where she gets them, no-one knows
The landlord started raising rents one day
But he paid her heavy wages not to move away
Oh! the luckiest gal I’ve seen
Is the woman up in room thirteen
- Some folks live and worry
And they think the world is mean
Not our brand-new neighbor
Who lives up in room thirteen
The world owes her a living
But it doesn’t owe her much
‘Cause she collected in advance
She had a wonderful touch
Chorus
Oh! the woman up in room thirteen
What a happy little queen
She’s not superstitious
Gets what she wishes
You ought to see her driving in her limousine
And she wears the latest kind of clothes
Where she gets them, no-one knows
The other ladies on the different floors
They are having number thirteen painted on their doors
Oh! the luckiest gal I’ve seen
Is the woman up in room thirteen
Chorus
Oh! the woman up in room thirteen
What a happy little queen
She’s not superstitious
Gets what she wishes
You ought to see her driving in her limousine
And she wears the latest kind of clothes
Where she gets them, no-one knows
The neighbors started making funny cracks
But she’s the only one that pays an income tax
Oh! the luckiest gal I’ve seen
Is the woman up in room thirteen
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: