I PAID MY INCOME TAX TODAY
(Irving Berlin)


Danny Kaye - 1942
Gene Autry - 1942





I said to my Uncle Sam
"Old Man Taxes, here I am"
And he
Was glad to see me

Mister Small Fry, yes, indeed
Lower brackets, that's my speed
But he
Was glad to see me

I paid my income tax today
I never felt so proud before
To be right there with the millions more
Who paid their income tax today

I'm squared up with the U.S.A.
You see those bombers in the sky
Rockefeller helped to build 'em, so did I
I paid my income tax today

I paid my income tax today
A thousand planes to bomb Berlin
They'll all be paid for and I chipped in
That certainly makes me feel okay

Ten thousand more and that ain't hay
We must pay for this war somehow
Uncle Sam was worried, but he isn't now
I paid my income tax today

I paid my income tax today
I never cared what Congress spent
But now I'll watch o'er ev'ry cent
Examine ev'ry bill they pay

They'll have to let me have my say
I wrote the Treasury to go slow
Careful, Mister Henry Junior, that's my dough
I paid my income tax

Now you've got all the facts
I know you'll pay your taxes too






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2015)