AIN'T WE GOT FUN?
(Richard A. Whiting / Gus Kahn / Ray Egan)

Van & Schenck - 1921
Benson Orchestra Of Chicago (Instr.) - 1921
Billy Jones - 1922
Hal Le Roy (feat. in the film "Wash Your Step") 1936
Lady Killer's Quartet (feat. in the film "It All Came True") - 1940
Virginia Gilmore (feat. in the film "Pride Of The Yankees") - 1942
Doris Day (feat. in the film "I'll See You In My Dreams") - 1951
Gordon MacRae & Doris Day (feat in the film "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon")
- 1953
Alma Cogan - 1958
Peggy Lee - 1959
Bob Thompson - 1960
Debbie Reynolds - 1975
Charleston City All Stars (feat. in the film "Zelig") - 1983
Rebecca Kilgore - 1999

Also recorded by:
Chet Atkins; Rosemary Clooney; Bing Crosby; Jill Corey;
Jessica Molaskey; Reneé Olstead; Bill Taylor; Bob Hope;
Don Swan; Chiara Schoras; Ian Whitcomb's Bungalow Boys;
Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards; Al Jolson; Dick Van Dyke;
Les Elgart; Jack Kerouac; Gordon MacRae; Mitch Miller;
Stephanie Pope; South Shore Concert Band; Rex Stewart;
Maxine Sullivan; Margaret Whiting: ....... and others.



Bill collectors gather 'round and rather
Haunt the cottage next door
Men the grocer and butcher sent
Men who call for the rent
But within a happy chappy
And his bride of only a year
Seem to be so cheerful, here's an earful
Of the chatter you hear

Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening
Ain't we got fun?
Not much money, Oh, but honey
Ain't we got fun?
The rent's unpaid dear
We haven't a bus
But smiles were made dear
For people like us

In the winter in the Summer
Don't we have fun
Times are bum and getting bummer
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get children
In the meantime, in between time
Ain't we got fun?

Just to make their trouble nearly double
Something happened last night
To their chimney a gray bird came
Mister Stork is his name
And I'll bet two pins, a pair of twins
Just happened in with the bird
Still they're very gay and merry
Just at dawning I heard

Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening
Don't we have fun
Twins and cares, dear, come in pairs, dear
Don't we have fun
We've only started
As mommer and pop
Are we downhearted
I'll say that we're not

Landlords mad and getting madder
Ain't we got fun?
Times are so bad and getting badder
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get laid off
In the meantime, in between time
Ain't we got fun?

When the man who sold 'em carpets told 'em
He would take them away
They said, "Wonderful, here's our chance
Take them up and we'll dance"
And when burglars came and robbed them
Taking all their silver, they say
Hubby yelled, "We're famous, for they'll name us
In the pepers today

Night or daytime, it's all playtime
Ain't we got fun?
Hot or cold days, any old days
Ain't we got fun
If Wifey wishes
To go to a play
Don't wash the dishes
Just throw them away

Streetcar seats are awful narrow
Ain't we got fun?
They won't smash up our Pierce Arrow
We ain't got none
They've cut my wages
But my income tax will be so much smaller
When I'm laid off, I'll be paid off
Ain't we got fun?