Yes! We Have No Bananas
written by frank silver & irving cohn
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YES! WE HAVE NO BANANAS (SCREEN SONGS) 1930
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Yes! We Have No Bananas was written by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn in 1922 for the Broadway revue Make It Snappy. The production ran for 96 shows at the Winter Garden Theatre starring Eddie Cantor - who sang the song. In 1923, Yes! We Have No Bananas was a number one hit song, and it was recorded dozens of times that year alone. In 1930 the song was featured in a Max Fleischer Screen Songs cartoon. The song continues to be covered by many artists a hundred years later.
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1923
PLAYER PIANO |
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1923
BILLY JONES |
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1923
SAM LANIN |
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1923
BEN SELVIN |
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1923
JAZZ-O- HARMONISTS |
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1923
THE GREAT WHITE WAY ORCHESTRA |
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1923
GREEN BROTHERS NOVELTY ORCHESTRA |
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1923
PAVILLION PLAYERS |
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19??
ISABELLA PATRICOLA |
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19??
IN GERMAN |
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1930
AL JOLSEN |
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1948
from the film LUXURY LINER |
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19??
JOHNNY MERCER |
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1949
LOUIS PRIMA |
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1950
SPIKE JONES |
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19??
PEE WEE HUNT |
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1954
from SABRINA |
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19??
ANTHONY NEWLEY |
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1956
EDMUNDO ROS |
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1973
DON LUSHER |
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19??
THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA |
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19??
BANANA AIRLINES |
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2011
FRANK REEFER & JOEY VIPER |
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2014
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY |
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2015
MINIONS REACT TO NO BANANAS SONG |
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And Let's Not Forget These...
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SINGING FOOD |
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THE SWEDISH CHEF |
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YES! WE HAVE NO BANANAS
There's a fruit store on our street
It's run by a Greek.
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 as he takes your dough
He tells you
"Yes, we have no bananas
We have-a no bananas today.
We've string beans, and onions
Cabbageses, and scallions,
And all sorts of fruit and say
We have an old fashioned to-mah-to
A Long Island po-tah-to
But yes, we have no bananas.
We have no bananas today."
Business got so good for him that he wrote home today,
"Send me Pete and Nick and Jim; I need help right away."
When he got them in the store, there was fun, you bet.
Someone asked for "sparrow grass" and then the whole quartet
All answered
"Yes, we have no bananas
We have-a no bananas today.
Just try those coconuts
Those walnuts and doughnuts
There ain't many nuts like they.
We'll sell you two kinds of red herring,
Dark brown, and ball-bearing.
But yes, we have no bananas
We have no bananas today."
Yes, we are very sorry to inform you
That we are entirely out of the fruit in question
The afore-mentioned vegetable
Bearing the cognomen "Banana".
We might induce you to accept a substitute less desirable,
But that is not the policy at this internationally famous green grocery.
I should say not. No no no no no no no.
But may we suggest that you sample our five o'clock tea
Which we feel certain will tempt your pallet?
However we regret that after a diligent search
Of the premises
By our entire staff
We can positively affirm without fear of contradiction
That our raspberries are delicious; really delicious
Very delicious
But we have no bananas today.
Yes, we gotta no banana
No banana
We gotta no banana today.
I sella you no banana.
Hey, Marianna, you gotta no banana?
Why this man, he no believe-a what I say.
Now whatta you want mister?
You wanna buy twelve for a quarter?
No? well, just a oneofadozen?
I'm-a gonna calla my daughter.
Hey, Marianna
You gotta piana
Yes, banana, no
No, yes, no bananas today
We gotta no bananas.
Yes, we gotta no bananas today.
There's a fruit store on our street
It's run by a Greek.
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 as he takes your dough
He tells you
"Yes, we have no bananas
We have-a no bananas today.
We've string beans, and onions
Cabbageses, and scallions,
And all sorts of fruit and say
We have an old fashioned to-mah-to
A Long Island po-tah-to
But yes, we have no bananas.
We have no bananas today."
Business got so good for him that he wrote home today,
"Send me Pete and Nick and Jim; I need help right away."
When he got them in the store, there was fun, you bet.
Someone asked for "sparrow grass" and then the whole quartet
All answered
"Yes, we have no bananas
We have-a no bananas today.
Just try those coconuts
Those walnuts and doughnuts
There ain't many nuts like they.
We'll sell you two kinds of red herring,
Dark brown, and ball-bearing.
But yes, we have no bananas
We have no bananas today."
Yes, we are very sorry to inform you
That we are entirely out of the fruit in question
The afore-mentioned vegetable
Bearing the cognomen "Banana".
We might induce you to accept a substitute less desirable,
But that is not the policy at this internationally famous green grocery.
I should say not. No no no no no no no.
But may we suggest that you sample our five o'clock tea
Which we feel certain will tempt your pallet?
However we regret that after a diligent search
Of the premises
By our entire staff
We can positively affirm without fear of contradiction
That our raspberries are delicious; really delicious
Very delicious
But we have no bananas today.
Yes, we gotta no banana
No banana
We gotta no banana today.
I sella you no banana.
Hey, Marianna, you gotta no banana?
Why this man, he no believe-a what I say.
Now whatta you want mister?
You wanna buy twelve for a quarter?
No? well, just a oneofadozen?
I'm-a gonna calla my daughter.
Hey, Marianna
You gotta piana
Yes, banana, no
No, yes, no bananas today
We gotta no bananas.
Yes, we gotta no bananas today.
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