Titel: "The High Cost Of Loving"                

Komponist: George W. Meyer

Texter: Alfred Bryan

Verlag: Leo Feist Inc., New York

Erscheinungsjahr: 1914

Druckerei: Teller, Sons & Dorner, New York

Graphiker: Signiert

Sammlungsnummer: 7608

 

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Billy O'Higgins was feeling quite sad,

His little sweetheart was treating him bad,

His weekly earnings were fifteen dollars,

That only paid for his shirts and collars.

Each time he'd ask her to go to a show,

All of her family wanted to go,

She'd call a taxi, to take them all home,

Then you would hear poor Billy moan:

 

Chorus:

The high costs of loving, the high costs of loving,

It's driving me mad,

Yes, driving me mad;

The high cost of living is only a joke,

The high cost of loving is keeping me broke,

You borrow from mother, from sister and brother,

You try to keep up with the style.

Ev'ry bricklayer's daughter, drinks wine just like water,

I'll have to stop loving a while.

 

Each night they'd linger around cabarets,

She could spend money in ten different ways,

After each drink, or a moment later,

All of his change she would tip the waiter.

When they' played music his poor heart would sink,

She'd treat the orchestra all to a drink,

He would sit there and spend dime after dime,

While all that she'd spend was her time.

 

Chorus:

The high cost of loving, the high cost of loving,

It's driving me mad,

Yes, driving me mad;

The high cost of living is only a joke,

The high cost of loving is keeping me broke,

You eat nickle lunches, and buy her milk punches,

You try to keep up with the style.

Ev'ry Mary and Jane wants to bathe in champagne,

so I'll habe to stop loving a while.

 

In der Rubrik "Top Komponisten" gibt es zusätzliche Informationen über George W. Meyer, der das Lied komponierte.

 

Bei You Tube gibt es einen Clip von o.g. Song, in dem Elida Morris das Lied auf einer alten Columbia Record Platte aus der Ursprungszeit des Songs singt.