A popular song from 1908.
Words and music by Luella Lockwood Moore.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In a moment of insanity
I bought a motor car
It causes much profanity
And many a family jar
I’ve spent a million dollars
More or less to learn it’s tricks
But when I try to run it
The blamed old buggy kicks
Chorus
That Auto ought to go
‘Twill make a “bug” of me
Unless I learn to run it
In Bloomingdale I’ll be
I’ve never found the reason
That auto treats me so
For with so much attention
That blamed auto ought to go
- With a party of plump lady friends
We started for a ride
I had a stunning Gibson girl
For a partner by my side
When ev’ry thing looked brightest
There seemed to be a hitch
So I studied styles of hosiery
As we landed in a ditch - We started for New Haven town
On Sunday morn at three
The pesky thing broke down
And left us up a tree
One thousand little kids appeared
Who acted nice of course
They yelled with all their might and main
“You lobster, get a horse”
Sung here by Vancha March: