Business Is Business

Irving Berlin

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    [1st verse:]
    Abie Bloom loved Miss Rosie Cohen
    Abie as a bus'ness man was in a class alone
    Rosie's family were satisfied
    Abie owned a clothing store, a bus'ness man
    Ev'ry month Rosie's father Mose
    Walked in Abie's clothing store and took a suit of clothes
    One day Abie drew Rosie near
    And whispered these words in her ear:

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    Bus'ness is bus'ness, Miss Rosie Cohen
    I've got to pay for ev'rything I own
    Seven suits of clothes your father took out from my store
    All he says is "Charge it to my future son-in-law"
    Tell your expensive father C.O.D.
    Don't mean, "Come on down to my store"
    For
    Ev'ry little dollar carries int'rest all it's own
    Bus'ness is bus'ness, Rosie Cohen!

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    [2nd verse:]
    Abie said, "Listen Rosie dear
    Ev'ry month a suit means just a dozen suits a year
    Seven years and then your father Mose
    He will have enough to start a clothing store
    Then again, father is no fool
    He can tell a cotton suit from one that's made of wool
    Since I fell in love with you Rose
    Your father is so hard on clothes

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