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If You Knew Susie
Words & Music by B. G. DeSylva & Joseph MeyerRecorded by Eddie Cantor, 1925 From the Broadway musical "Big Boy" (1925)
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I have got a sweetie known as Susie;
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In the words of Shakespeare, she's a "wow."
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Though all of you may know her, too,
F#m B7 E7
I'd like to shout right now.
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If you knew Su - sie, like I know Su - sie --
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Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl!
A Asus4 A A9 A
There's none so clas - sy as this fair las - sie --
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Oh! Oh! Oh my goodness, what a chassis!
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We went riding, she did - n't balk;
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Back from Yonkers, I'm the one that had to walk.
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If you knew Susie, like I know Susie --
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Oh! Oh! What a girl!
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Suzie has a perfect rep - u - tation
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No one ever saw her on a spree
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Nobody knows where Su - sie goes
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Nobody knows but me
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If you knew Su - sie, like I know Su - sie --
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Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl!
A Asus4 A A9 A A9
She wears long tresses and nice tight dresses --
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Oh! Oh! What a future she possesses.
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Out in public, how she can yawn;
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In a parlour, you would think the war was on.
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If you knew Susie, like I know Susie --
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Oh! Oh! What a girl!
*Though Cantor is cited here, it is mainly because he was the one initially known for recording this song. The version I transcribed from was recorded by Lee Morse. Cantor used additional lyrics not shown here.