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Barney Google (with the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes)    (1923)

Who's the most important man this country ever knew?
Do you know what politician I have reference to?
Well, it isn't Mr. Bryan, and it isn't Mr. Hughes
I've got a hunch that to that bunch I'm going to introduce:
(Again you're wrong and to this throng I'm going to introduce:)
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google had a wife three times his size
She sued Barney for divorce
Now he's living with his horse

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google bet his horse would win the prize
When the horses ran that day, Spark Plug ran the other way
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Who's the greatest lover that this country ever knew?
And who's the man that Valentino takes his hat off to?
No, it isn't Douglas Fairbanks that the ladies rave about
When he arrives, who makes the wives chase all their husbands out?
Why, it's Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google is the guy who never buys
Women take him out to dine, then he steals the waiter's dime
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google is the luckiest of guys
If he fell in to the mud, he'd come up with a diamond stud
Barney Google with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Who's the greatest fire chief this country ever saw?
Who's the man who loves to hear the blazing buildings roar?
Anytime the house is burning, and the flames leap all about,
Say, tell me do, who goes, "kerchoo!" and puts the fire out?
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google, thought his horse could win the prize
He got odds of ten to eight; Spark Plug came in three days late
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google tried to enter paradise
When Saint Peter saw his face, he said, "Go to the other place"
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Goo-goo-goo-ga-ly, goo-goo-goo-ga-ly
With the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Lyrics by Billy Rose.
Recorded by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare.
 

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