Louis Prima - Yes We Have No Bananas Lyrics

Lyrics Yes We Have No Bananas - Louis Prima



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 "yes"es you to death, and as he takes your dough He tells you
"Yes, we have no bananas
We have-a no bananas today
We've string beans, and onions
Cabashes, and scallions,
And all sorts of fruit and say
We have an old fashioned tomato
A Long Island potato But yes, we have no bananas
We have no bananas today
Business got so good for him that he wrote home today,
"Send me Pete and Nick and Jim; I need help right away"
When he got them in the store, there was fun, you bet
Someone asked for "sparrow grass" and then the whole quartet
All answered "Yes, we have no bananas
We have-a no bananas today
Just try those coconuts
Those wall-nuts 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"
He, he, he, he, ha, ha, ha whatta you laugh at?
You gotta soup or pie?
Yes, I don't think we got soup or pie
You gotta coconut pie?
Yes, I don't think we got coconut pie
Well I'll have one cup a coffee
We gotta no coffee
Then watta you got?
I got a banana!
Oh you've got a banana!
Yes, we gotta no banana, No banana, No banana, I tell you we gotta no banana today
I sella you no banana
Hey, Mary Anna, you gotta... gotta no banana?
Why this man, he's no believe-a what I say... no... he no believe me...
Now whatta you wanta mister? You wanna buy twelve for a quarter?
Well, just a one of a look, I'm gonna call for my daughter
Hey, Mary Anna You gotta piana
Yes, a banana, no
Yes, we gotta no bananas today!
The new English "clark" (a.k.a. "clerk"):
Yes, we are very sorry to inform you
That we are entirely out of the fruit in question
The afore-mentioned vegetable Bearing the cognomen "Banana"
We might induce you to accept a substitute less desirable,
But that is not the policy at this internationally famous green grocery
I should say not. No no no no no no no
But may we suggest that you sample our five o'clock tea
Which we feel certain will tempt your pallet?
However we regret that after a diligent search
Of the premises By our entire staff
We can positively affirm without fear of contradiction
That our raspberries are delicious; really delicious
Very delicious But we have no bananas today.



Writer(s): Frank Silver, Irving Conn


Louis Prima - The Essence of Louis Prima
Album The Essence of Louis Prima
date of release
02-12-2008

1 The Lady In Red
2 In A Little Gypsy Tea Room
3 Chasing Shadows
4 Oh Marie
5 Bell Bottom Trousers
6 St Louis Blues
7 That Was a Big Fat Lie
8 Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)
9 The Bee Song (He-Bee and She-Bee)
10 The Pump Song
11 Yes We Have No Bananas
12 All Right, Louie, Drop the Gun
13 Charleston
14 Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue
15 I Beeped When I Should Have Bopped
16 Here Pretty Kitty
17 Oh Babe
18 Eh Cumpari
19 Medley: I. Just a Gigolo / II. I Ain't Got Nobody
20 Jump, Jive and Wail
21 Night Train
22 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days
23 Body and Soul
24 Medley: I. Angelina / II. Zooma Zooma
25 Medley: I. When You're Smiling / II. the Sheik of Araby
26 Autumn Leaves
27 I've Got the World On a String
28 Blow, Red, Blow
29 The Pump Song (Uptempo Version)
30 There’ll Be No Next Time
31 Pennies from Heaven
32 Closer to the Bone
33 Sentimental Journey
34 When The Saints Go Marching In




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