A popular song from 1915.
Words by Alfred Bryan.
Music by Jack Wells and Albert Gumble.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Times were hard, each day were getting harder
I was broke and so was dear, old father
Can’t afford to squander a cent
Sold the Ford to pay for the rent
Sister Sue and sister Maude and Carrie
They got married right away
Now life is sunny, it’s milk and honey
Ever since their wedding day
CHORUS
Sister Susie’s married to a tailor
So I get all the clothes I want to wear
Sister Sarah Jane is married to a baker
So we have pie upon the bill of fare
Sister Sadie said, “She’s old enough to wed”
She’s seventeen the twenty first of May
She’s engaged to wed the landlord
So we’ll have no rent to pay
Oh! things are getting better every day
2. Sister Nell, the iceman’s crazy ’bout her
Heard him tell, “He couldn’t live without her”
Every day he’d bring her some ice cream
Yesterday he even called twice
Sister May woke up the other morning
Found a burglar ‘neath the bed
She ‘phoned the preacher, Old Hiram Beecher
Brought the ring and they were wed
CHORUS
Sister Susie’s married to a tailor
So I get all the clothes I want to wear
Sister Sarah Jane is married to a baker
So we have pie upon the bill of fare
Sister Sadie said, “She’s old enough to wed”
She’s seventeen the twenty first of May
And the village undertaker
Has his eye on old aunt Jane
Oh! things are getting better every day