A 1919 popular song from the musical review “Kitchy-Koo”.
Words and music by Cole Porter.
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Now since my sweetheart Sal met miss Elsie De Wolfe
The leading decorator of the nation
It’s left that gal with her mind simply full
‘F ideas on interior decoration
For instance she assumes that the colors of our rooms
Are a most important factor in our lives
And that if a lot of bedrooms were pink instead of red rooms
There might be many more contented wives
And so she’s put all color from her sight
And ev’rything she owns is black and white
Chorus
She’s got a black and white dress, a black and white hat
A black and white doggie and a black and white cat
Why, she’s gone so far that she’s started to look
Thro’ the daily advertisements for a black and white cook
She’s got a black and white shack, and a new Cadillac
In a black and white design
All she think’s black and white
She even drinks black and white
That Black and White baby of mine
That Black and White baby of mine
Sung here by Vancha March: