. . . That’s What They Sigh For, 1922 song.
Words by Ottie E. Colburn.
Music by Billy May.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- A girl might fall in love with you
With you I will be frank
But she would fall much quicker
If you’ve money in the bank
For the girls like wealth I’ll say they do
There’s something ’bout the stuff
That drives the girls near crazy
They can never get enough
Chorus
Of money that’s what they sigh for
Money that’s what they cry for
Money to a little girl
Means more than any smile
Money makes them laugh and dance
And love you all the while
Money, those lovely greenbacks
They torment a girlie more or less
Money may be dirty stuff
But who ever gave a girl enough
Of money, not me, I must confess
- You may have personality
A voice as sweet as birds
And you may charm some people
With your eloquence with words
But without the dough your chance is slim
Of making some girl care
For girls these days aren’t fussy
‘Bout the way you comb your hair
Chorus
And money counts more than speeches
Money it wins the “peaches”
Even though you haven’t got much
Hair upon your head
For the cash some girl would take you
Tho’ you’re almost dead
Money will draw girls to you
While you’ve got the dough to you they’ll cling
Never worry ’bout your looks
For nothing can beat the old bank books
For money, sure is one lovely thing
Sung here by Fred Feild: