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 arsk him anything, he never answers "no"
He just "yes's" you to death
And, as he takes your dough, he tells you:

"Yes!, of course, we have no bananas
We have no bananas today!
We've string beans and onions
Cabbages and scallions
And all kinds of fruit
And say — we have an old fashioned tomato
A Long Island potato!
But, Yes!, we have no bananas
We have no bananas today!"

Business got so good with him, he wrote home to say:
"Send me Pete, 'n' Nick, 'n' 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 no bananas today!
Just buy those cocoanuts, those walnuts, and doughnuts
There aren't many nuts like they
We'll sell you two kings of red herring
Dark brown, and ball-bearing
But, Yes!, we have no bananas
We have no bananas today!"

[Spoken interlude, outro]
You got a strrum'berry pie?
Yes, I don't think we have strrum'berry pie
You got coconut pie?
Yes, I don't think we've got coconut pie
I'll have one cup of koffee
We got no koffee
Well, wha' do you got?
I got a banana
Ooo, you got a banana⸮
"Yes!, we got-ta no banana', no banan', no banana. We gotta no banana yester-day, Uh, tella-you got a no banan'."
Hey Merryana, you got-a no banana⸮ Well, this-a man, he no believe what I say. Now, what do you want mister, you wan'na buy a twelve for a quarter? no? Well, justa [?]— I'ma call-a my daughter
Hey Merryana, you got-a banana? No? Yes, banana. no? Yes? no-no? no banana today, no banana today