Yes! We Have No Bananas

by Frank Silver and Irving Cohm
as sung by Billy Murray, Al Bernad,
Billy Jones, and William West
Thanks, Lew Soli, Hollywood,
Florida for the lyrics

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 (toe-mott-o)
A Long Island potato (po-tott-0)
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 sotre, 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 all-nuts and doghnuts
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."