Yes! We Have No Bananas

by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn

There's a fruit store on our street, It's run by a Greek
And he keeps good things to eat, But you should hear him speak
When you ask him anything, he never answers no
He just "yesses" you to death, And as he takes your dough he tells you

Yes! We have no bananas, We have no bananas today
We've string beans and HON-ions, cab-BAH-ges and scallions; And all kinds of fruit and say
We have an old fashioned to-MAH-to, Long Island po-TAH-to
But yes! We have no bananas, We have no bananas today

Bus'ness got so good with him; He wrote home to say
"Send me Pete and Nick and Jim, I need held right away"
When he got them in the store, there was fun you bet
Someone asked for "Sparrowgrass", And the whole quartelle all answered

Extra choruses

Yes! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.
Our eggs are delicious
But they act suspicious
They look like they passed away
And if you try some of our spin-ISH
We'll tell you your finish
But, YES! we have no bananas, we have no bananas today.

YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.
We'll sell you some Swiss cheese,
When you open up this cheese
It gets up and walks away.
We got those IM-ported STRUM-berries,
From fine cemeteries,
But, YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.

YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.
Our grapefruit I'll bet you
Is not gonna wet you,
We drain them out every day.
We got those hen fruit, have you tried 'em,
Live chickens inside 'em,
But, YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.

YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.
We just killed a pony,
So try our bologny
It's flavored with oats and hay.
We have those New Hamp-SHY-re squashes
They taste like go-LAH-shes
But, YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.

YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.
Our famous cucumbers,
Were tested by plum-BERS,
And they cannot leak they say.
We have some nice vege-TAY-bles
Just look at the labels
But, YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.

YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.
we have aspar-AY-gus.
That's good for lum-BAY-gus,
And grapefruit that's turning gray.
And you can take home, for the WIM-mens,
Nice juicy per-SIM-mons,
But, YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.

YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.
Just try those co-CO-nuts,
Those walnuts and doughnuts,
There ain't many nuts like they.
We'll sell you two kinds of Red herring,
Dark brown and ball bearing,
But, YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.

YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.
This song isn't pretty,
But still it's a ditty,
That grows on you day by day.
And you can all do something for us
Just join us in the chorus
(Spoken) All together!
YES! we have no bananas; we have no bananas today.