(Is He Yours Or Is He Mine)
A popular song from 1924
Words and music by Lew Brown, Bud Green and Murray Sturm
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I know a guy named Izzy
And he’s always busy
Making love to women every night
One of them is Sarah
What a holy terror
She wouldn’t give him up without a fight
When she saw him flirting
With a girl who lives next door
She got so excited that she started into roar
Chorus
Whose Izzy is he
Is he yours or is he mine?
I’m gettin’ dizzy watching Izzy all the time
He said that he’d be true to me
I should have got a guarantee
Whose Izzy is he
Is he yours or is he mine?
Patter
If you get him, then you’ll give me
The ha ha ha ha ha
If I get him then I’ll give you
The ho ho ho ho ho
He who laughs last laughs the best
You laugh half I’ll laugh the rest
You may laugh up your sleeve
But I’ll laugh up my vest, Hey
- He went around with Jenny
She was one of many
He had lots of girlies on the side
Becky Rose and Essie
Sadie Belle and Tessie
And each one thought
She’d be his blushing bride
Every time they saw him
They would form a great big ring
They’d look at each other
And they’d all begin to sing
Chorus
Whose Izzy is he
Is he yours or is he mine?
I’m gettin’ dizzy watching Izzy all the time
He likes lemon with his tea
I guess the lemon must be me
Whose Izzy is he
Is he yours or is he mine?
Chorus
Whose Izzy is he
Is he yours or is he mine?
I’m gettin’ dizzy watching Izzy all the time
I know he kissed you yesterday
‘Cause I smelt garlic right away
Whose Izzy is he
Is he yours or is he mine?
Catch Lines
Making love is just his line
But he is working over-time
He said he’d marry me in Spring
But he is giving you the ring
Just like a poor fish I must wait
While someone else takes all the bait
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: