So I Took the $50,000

A 1923 song based on a popular comic strip.
Words by Jack Meskill.
Music by Albert Gumble.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Fifty thousand dollars surely is quite a lot
    Tho you’ve got it or not, Still it is a whole lot
    I told my rich uncle I could use it some day
    So just to be a pal to me, he went and passed away

Chorus
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
I thot I’d make a big flash with that roll
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
And bought myself a brand new Ingersoll
I wanted life insurance, The payments were not high
Because I looked so healthy they thot I’d never die
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
And went and bought myself a piece of cake

Chorus
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
I thot I’d take a trip to Montreal
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
And didn’t go to Montreal at all
I met a poor gold digger, her feet were almost bare
She said she needed shoesies, for posies did not care
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
And went and bought a cockoo for the clock

2. There are many diff’rent ways that you can spend dough
And I guess that I know, Fifty thousand or so
No doubt Uncle left it just for some rainy day
But I got rash with all that cash, and let it rain away

Chorus
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
I thot that I would like to study Greek
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
And learned to sing Bananas in a week
I went to buy an auto, you know it’s quite the fad
The clerk showed me a pink one, it didn’t look so bad
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
Oh Gee Oh Gosh Oh Golly I’m in love

Chorus
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
I thot I’d make a present to my boss
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
And bought some crabs to make crab apple sauce
I read about the coal strike, it didn’t sound so good
The millionaires were hungry, they couldn’t get no wood
So I took the fifty thousand dollars
And bought Detroit just to get a Ford


Sung here by Vancha March: