Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin - Tra La La La 24 Sep 1913 lyrics
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Once a vocal teacher Said to Mabel Beecher "I think your singing voice is very canary! It needs cultivation For a demonstration I'll charge you 'Ten' to cultivate it" She paid it Twice a week Miss Mabel scrapes the money up somehow Twice a week he teaches her to vocalize and now [chorus:] All day long she's singing "Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!" When her voice starts ringing "Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!" All the neighbors get together and cry "It's most unbearable, terrible! Why do they let her suffer?" Ev'rybody hollers "Tie a can-o to her Soprano!" All her aunts and uncles when they heard her Holler'd "Murder!" Ev'ry day a neighbor moves away From her "Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la, la!" [2nd verse:] Landlord sent a "Cable" Saying "Dear Miss Mabel Your voice is good for breaking leases to pieces My advice, Miss Beecher Is give up your teacher Your singing voice needs no improving" They're moving! June, July and August finds her relatives in tears Just because they must go 'round with earmuffs on their ears