The Yiddisha Professor

A popular song from 1912
Words and music by Irving Berlin


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Abie Cohen, Abie Cohen
    Went to Paris and Germany and learned how to play
    On the piano, now he’s making money out of sight
    Giving concerts every night
    Come along, come along
    For the half of a dollar, you can get in the hall
    Sit in the gallery and you’ll be glad to pay
    When you hear young Abraham play

Chorus:
Come and hear the Yiddisha professor
Mister Abie Cohen, Abie Cohen
Come and hear him tickling the piano
In a first class Yiddisha tone
I would never kiss him on the lips
But I’d kiss him on the finger tips
Oy, such a much is the touch that lingers
In his Yiddisha fingers
He can make a second hand piano
Sound the same as new
More yet too
He can play some sentimental melody
And break the heart of a stone
When his melody begins to pour
Then your wishbone wishes for some more
Come along and listen to the Yiddisha professor
Mister Abie Cohen

  1. Abie Cohen, Abie Cohen
    Wears his hair like an actor, it’s as long as his arms
    He never cuts it off and everyone who sees his hair
    Looks and hollers, “It’s a bear”
    Come along, come along
    Have a look at the diamond that he wears on his hand
    When he is fingering, and just to see that gent
    Makes you think of seven per cent

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: