The Babbitt and the Bromide

Lyrics

[JIMMY] A Babbitt met a Bromide On the avenue one day And held a conversation In their own peculiar way [FRANKIE] They both were solid citizens They both had been around And as they spoke you clearly saw Their feet were on the ground [JIMMY] Hello! [FRANKIE] How are you? [JIMMY] How's the folks? [FRANKIE] What's new? [JIMMY] I'm great [FRANKIE] That's good [JIMMY] Ha ha [FRANKIE] Touch wood [JIMMY] Well, well [FRANKIE] What say? [JIMMY] How've you been? [FRANKIE] Nice day [JIMMY] How's things? [FRANKIE] What's new? [JIMMY] That's fine [FRANKIE] How are you? Nice weather we are having But it gives me such a pain I've brought my umbrella So of course it doesn't rain [JIMMY] Well, heigh-ho [FRANKIE] That's life [JIMMY] What's new? [FRANKIE] How's the wife? [JIMMY] Got to run [FRANKIE] Oh, my [JIMMY] Ta-ta [FRANKIE] Olive oil [JIMMY] Goodbye [JIMMY] Ten years went quickly by For both these sub-sti-an-tial men And then it happened that one day They chanced to meet again [FRANKIE] That they had both developed In ten years there was no doubt And so of course they had An awful lot to talk about [JIMMY] Hello! [FRANKIE] How are you? [JIMMY] How's the folks? [FRANKIE] What's new? [JIMMY] I'm great [FRANKIE] That's good [JIMMY] Ha ha [FRANKIE] Touch wood! [JIMMY] Well, well! [FRANKIE] What say? [JIMMY] How've you been? [FRANKIE] Nice day [JIMMY] How's things? [FRANKIE] What's new? [JIMMY] That's fine [FRANKIE] How are you? [JIMMY] I seem to know your face But I just can't recall your name [FRANKIE] Well, how've you been, old boy? You're looking just about the same [JIMMY] Well, heigh-ho [FRANKIE] That's life [JIMMY] What's new? [FRANKIE] How's the wife? [JIMMY] Got to run [FRANKIE] Oh, my [JIMMY] Ta-ta [FRANKIE] Olive oil [JIMMY] Goodbye [JIMMY] Before they met again Some twenty years they had to wait This time it happened up above Inside St. Peter's Gate [FRANKIE] A harp each one was carrying And both were wearing wings And this is what they said As they were strumming on the strings: [JIMMY] Hello! [FRANKIE] How are you? [JIMMY] How's the folks? [FRANKIE] What's new? [JIMMY] Got to run [FRANKIE] Oh, my [JIMMY] Ta-ta [FRANKIE] Olive oil [JIMMY] Goodbye