a 1944 popular song
words and music by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- A little man walked up and down
And found an eating place in town
He looked the menu thru and thru
To see what fifteen cents could do
One meatball, one meatball
He could afford but one meatball
He told a waiter near at hand
The simple dinner he had planned
The folks were startled one and all
To hear that waiter loudly call
“One meatball, one meatball
Hey! This here gent wants one meatball” - The little man felt ill at ease
And said, “Some bread, sir, if you please”
The waiter’s voice roared down the hall
“You gets no bread with one meatball
One meatball, one meatball
You gets no bread with one meatball”
The little man felt very bad
But one meatball was all he had
Now in his dreams he hears that call
“You gets no bread with one meatball
One meatball, one meatball
You gets no bread with one meatball”
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: