From the 1933 revue “As Thousands Cheer”
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Sunday is Sunday to my family
But Sunday is not simply Sunday for me
For Sunday’s the one day
When I love to see the funnies
Breakfast is nothing of which you can boast
But breakfast to me isn’t coffee and toast
It’s coffee and toast and what I love most
The funnies
Chorus
Oh, I love the funnies
I couldn’t go without the funnies
A cup o’ coffee to my lips
And in between the sips
The papers with the capers
That are in the comic strips
Which means I’m simply mad about
I mean I couldn’t do without
The funnies
Oh, in my pajamas
I love to read the “Katzenjammers”
A little coffee in a cup
And “Bringing Father Up”
I’m dippy over “Skippy”
And his little yellow pup
Which means I’m simply mad about
I mean I couldn’t do without
The funnies
I’m not concerned with the news of the day
The stories of who murdered who
And as for what Mister Hearst has to say
I have no need of
I don’t want to read of
The Dempseys or the Tunneys
The wealthy daughters or the Sonnies
The news about the lovely trips
That people take in ships
I’d rather read about the people
In the comic strips
Which means I’m simply mad about
I mean I couldn’t do without
The funnies
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: