a 1922 popular song
words by Ben Ryan and Bert Hanlon
music by Violinsky
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- You’ve seen all the beauties they show on the screen
But down on the Eastside they’ve got a real queen
She dresses plain, I don’t know her name
But she’s just the type that drives fellows insane
If you don’t think that she’s sweet
Here’s where to go for a treat
Down on Avenue A, you’ll see her every day
Though she don’t powder her cheeks or her nose
She gets all the fellows wherever she goes
Once when she was alone, a gay called her up on the phone
And gee whiz she hung up, that show how she’s brung up
‘Way down on Avenue A
- Down on the Eastside they never eat cake
The kids are as tough as a forty cent steak
Sunshine or rain they never complain
If they get a toothache they laugh at the pain
It’s not a bad neighborhood
It’s rough and it’s tough but it’s good
Sung here by Fred Feild: