DON'T PUT A TAX ON THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
(Milton Ager / Jack Yellen)


Eddie Cantor - 1919
Sophie Tucker & Her Five Kings Of Syncopation - 1919
Nicole Reynolds - 1969

Also recorded by: Ernest Thompson: Doc Williams.



Taxes here and there, taxes everywhere
Taxes every place that they could be
Though i'm getting by, still I can't deny
There's a tax I know would ruin me
I wrote my congressman a note
I said if you want my vote....

Don't put a tax on the beautiful girls
How can I live without love
You can tax my business and all that I own
But have a little pity, leave my pleasure alone

What'll I do on a beautiful night
If I should happen to fall
Suppose I'm about to kiss a beautiful maid
And she discovers that my tax isn't paid
Don't put a tax on the beautiful girls
Or I won't have any lovin' at all

Every cent I make, tax collectors take
They don't leave me with a single dime
Though I'll get along without wine or a song
There's a tax I know would just be wrong
It's not a luxury for me
It's a great neccessity

Don't put a tax on the beautiful girls
How could I live without love 
You can tax my soda, I'll pay it somehow
But don't you think the price of sugar's high enough now

What'll I do on a beautiful night
If I should happen to fall
Suppose I run into the handsomest lady
The tax collector comes 
He says, "I know you haven't paid me"
Don't put a tax on the beautiful girls
Or I won't have any lovin' at all







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2011)