Berlin Irving Tra-la La La (24 Sep 1913) Lyrics

Tra-la La La (24 Sep 1913) Lyrics

[1st verse:] 
Once a vocal teacher 
Said to Mabel Beecher 
"I think your singing voice is very canary! 
It needs cultivation 
For a demonstration 
I'll charge you 'Ten' to cultivate it" 
She paid it 
Twice a week Miss Mabel scrapes the money up somehow
Twice a week he teaches her to vocalize and now

[chorus:] 
All day long she's singing 
"Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!" 
When her voice starts ringing 
"Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!" 
All the neighbors get together and cry 
"It's most unbearable, terrible! 
Why do they let her suffer?" 
Ev'rybody hollers "Tie a can-o to her Soprano!" 
All her aunts and uncles when they heard her 
Holler'd "Murder!" 
Ev'ry day a neighbor moves away 
From her "Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la! 
Tra, la, la, la, la!" 

[2nd verse:] 
Landlord sent a "Cable" 
Saying "Dear Miss Mabel 
Your voice is good for breaking leases to pieces 
My advice, Miss Beecher 
Is give up your teacher 
Your singing voice needs no improving" 
They're moving! 
June, July and August finds her relatives in tears 
Just because they must go 'round with earmuffs on their ears