A novelty song from 1921
Words and music by Jimmy Steiger and Neuman Fier
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Music, sweet music
Has always appealed to me
Ever since I can remember
I’ve loved to hear good harmony
But lately I’ve been bothered
By an instrument that seems bent
To prevent me from being content
So, ev’ry time I hear a bell ring
I just naturally start to sing
Chorus
I’ve got those perturbin’, sleep disturbin’
Alarm clock blues
Those ever noise makin’, joy breakin’
Purveyors of bad news
There’s no way that I can find
To make them change their mind
When they’re set you can bet
They’re right on time and never behind
Early in the morning when the sun begins to rise
They start paging you to get up and exercise
So if you want to enjoy a peaceful snooze
Take my advice and be sure you lose
Those doggone, perturbin’ sleep disturbin’
Alarm clock blues
- Slumber, sweet slumber
It seems you’ve deserted me now
Always thought that good friends we’d be
But we don’t get along somehow
Mr. Morpheus won’t help me
That I plainly see
I have cried and I have tried
But my plea he’s denied
And tho I think that it is a shame
It’s myself that is all to blame
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: