a 1923 dancing song
words by Gus Kahn
music by Ted Fio Rito & Ernie Erdman
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. In the apartment above me
There is the lovingest pair
I don’t know what she has to be jealous of
He has a face that just a mother could love
And still I know she’s always worried
Some girl will steal her prize away
She’s always asking: “Is there somebody else?”
I guess it’s just to hear him say
Chorus
“No, no, Nora, nobody but you, dear
You know Nora, your turly is true, dear
When you accuse me of flirting
I wouldn’t, I couldn’t, I love you so
I have chances, to many to mention
Never give ’em a bit of attention
And would I trade you for Venus?
No, no, Nora, no, no”
2. She has a lot of detectives
Who check him up ev’ry day
She’s read about those men who lead double lives
She’s making sure she won’t be “one of those wives”
She thinks he looks like Douglas Fairbanks
Altho’ he has Ben Turpin’s eyes
A hundred times a day she calls on the phone
And ev’ry time she does he sighs
Sung here by Fred Feild: