A popular song from 1924
Words and music by Harry Pease, Ed. G. Nelson and Van and Schenck
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Liza Lee said to Jackson Lee
“We’ve been married many years
All I got since we tied the knot
Was a lot of trouble and tears
Stay out all night, get ginned up and fight
That’s the best thing you can do
Things you promise me, I just never see
And that’s why I’m saying to you
Chorus
I’ve got those promise me everything
Never get anything blues
I’ve got those I’m comin’ home at eight
Always six hours late blues
You promised me an awful lot
An awful lot I never got
There’s a game ‘Put and Take’
That you make me recall
You don’t put, you just take it all
I’ve got those I’ll give you such and such
Never give nothin’ much blues
My hosiery is all full of holes
Ain’t got no soles on my shoes
When we were wed you said
“A carriage we must get
We’re married seven years
And haven’t used it yet
I’ve got those promise me everything
Never get anything blues
Patter
On last Christmas day you gave me a clock
The very next day you put it in hock
You promised me this, you promised me that
I didn’t ever get no this and just half of that
You promised me gold, you know it’s the truth
But all that I’ve got is the gold in my tooth
A swell evening gown, I’ll bring home you said
The kind of evening gown you bought
I’m wearlin’ to bed
- Every night they would fuss and fight
Liza did all that she could
Wouldn’t stop ’till she called a cop
Then he’d promise he would be good
On Saturday he would roam away
And he’d spend his whole weeks pay
Liza’d lay for hi with a rollin’ pin
And with every blow she would say
Chorus
I’ve got those promise me everything
Never get anything blues
I’ve got those I’m comin’ home at eight
Always six hours late blues
You promised me an awful lot
An awful lot I never got
There’s a game ‘Put and Take’
That you make me recall
You don’t put, you just take it all
I’ve got those I’ll give you such and such
Never give nothin’ much blues
My hosiery is all full of holes
Ain’t got no soles on my shoes
You promised me some fur
To trim my coat and hats
I got the fur but all the neighbors
Missed their cats
I’ve got those promise me everything
Never get anything blues