(Tale of Woe)
From “Little Miss Fix-It”, 1911
Words by Jack Norworth
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’ve been wed three years today
Listen to my tale of woe
Seems three hundred anyway
Listen to my tale of woe
Married men all say with glee
Marriage is one jubilee
Misery loves company
Listen to my tale of woe
Chorus
Matrimony is a lottery
Men are bound to play
Blanks are for the great majority
That is why I say
Married men, forget your misery
Cheer up, shout hooray
For there is a happy land far, far away
- Proverb true I now recall
Listen to my tale of woe
Home’s the best place after all
Listen to my tale of woe
Home’s the best place I suppose
After all the cafe’s close
That’s the truth from one who knows
Listen to my tale of woe
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: