A popular song from 1923
words and music by Van and Schenck, Benny Davis and Harry Akst
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I had a gal and I lost her
But I declare that I don’t care
I found another, Oh brother
I wanna say she’s there
When she’s near I just can’t behave
Pardon me while I rave
Refrain
That bran’ new gal o’ mine
Certainly treats me fine
Just what she does, I’ll never tell
But what she does, she sure does well
That bran’ new gal o’ mine
Can make me walk an old chalk line
When I lost the old one, I thought I’d regret
But this one’s got the kind of stuff
that makes you forget
Some baby I ain’t lying
That bran’ new gal o’ mine
Patter
Had ’em thin, had ’em fat
Had ’em this, had ’em that
Eyes of brown, eyes of blue
Even had one cross-eyed, too
Had ’em young, had ’em old
Had ’em hot, had ’em cold
Had ’em sweet and hard to handle
But none of them could hold a candle to that
- I wanna tell you I’m happy
Since I first met my bran’ new pet
And when I kissed ‘er, Oh mister
I seem to taste it yet
She’s got everything I adore
Everything then some more
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: