Yes We Have No Bananas

...YES! WE HAVE NO BANANAS... by Louis Prima

(Original Key: Bb)

Intro:

Chorus 1:

Oh yes, we have no bananas;

We have-a no ba-nanas, to-day.

We've got string beans and onions,

And big juicy lemons,

And all sorts of fruit and say;

We got an old fashioned to-mah-to,

A Long Island po-tah-to.

But yes, we have no bananas;

We have-a no ba-nanas, to-day.

Interlude:

Verse 1:

There's a fruit store, on our street, who's name is Mr. Peach.

And he keeps good things to eat; but you should hear him speak!

When you ask him anything; he never answers "no".

He just "yes-es" you to death, and then he takes your dough.

Chorus 2:

Oh yes, we have no bananas;

We have-a no ba-nanas, to-day.

We've got a-little beans, and the bigger beans,

And a red beans, and the whiter beans,

And all kinds of beans and say;

We got an old fashioned sa-lami;

We even got the Brooklyn pa-strami.

Oh yes, we no gotta da banana;

We no gotta da ba-nana to-day.

Solo:

Interlude:

Verse 2:

Business got so good for him, that he wrote home to-day;

"Send me Pete and Nick and Jim; I need help right a-way."

When he got them in the store, there was fun, you bet.

Someone asked for ba-nanas, and then the whole quart-et;

Chorus 3:

(Oh yes, we have no bananas),

We have-a no ba-nanas, to-day.

(We've got red beans), (and carrots),

(And celery), (and olives),

But we've got no bananas to-day.

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Oh yes, we no gotta da banana;

We no gotta da ba-nana to-day.

Outro:

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