IF I EVER GET A JOB AGAIN
(Music: Abel Baer / Lyrics: Sam M. Lewis)


Sam Ross Silvertown Orch. (vocal: Tom, Dick & Larry Trio) - 1932
Dick Robertson (with Gene Kardos & His Orch.) - 1933




If I ever get a job again 
I will never be a snob again 
I'll live within my means 
Carry a dollar in my jeans 
If I ever get a job again

If I ever get a break again 
Brother, what I'll do to stake again 
No turning out the light 
Bidding my appetite good night 
If I ever get a break again

I'll get two rooms and a kitchenette 
Furnished comfortably
With two rooms and a kitchenette 
I'll get a sweet somebody to move in with me

If I ever get a job again
I know that two hearts'll throb again 
She told me with her eyes 
We'll be rehearsing lullabyes
If I ever get a job again

(Orchestral Interlude)

If I ever get a job again 
I will never be a snob again 
I'm through with stocks and bonds 
I'd rather spend it all on blondes 
If I ever get a job again

If I ever get my pay again 
I'll save it for a rainy day again 
But let me tell you, bud
I'm gonna save up for a flood 
If I ever get my pay again

I'll get two suits and an overcoat
Like a millionaire 
Just two suits and an overcoat 
And then when things get better, I'll buy underwear

If I ever get a job again 
With my old friends I'll hobnob again
What great fun it will be
Saying, "Just have one more on me" 
If I ever get a job again


(Transcribed from the Dick Robertson
 recording by Mel Priddle - Feb 2009)