A popular song from 1912
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- 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
- 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: