Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz! [Ballyhoo]

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Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964), born Edward Israel Iskowitz, was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter. Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five daughters. Some of his hits include "Makin' Whoopee," "Ida," "If You Knew Susie," "Ma! He's Makin' Eyes at Me," "Margie" and "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)" He also wrote a few songs, including "Merrily We Roll Along," the Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. cartoon theme. more »

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1996

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Sure, business is bunk, 
And Wall Street is sunk, 
We're all of us broke, and ready to croak. 
We've nothing to dunk, 
Can't even get drunk, 
And all the while, they tell us to smile: 

Cheer up, gentle citizens, though you have no shirts, 
Happy days are here again. Cheer up, smile, nertz! 
All aboard prosperity, giggle 'till it hurts! 
No more bread-line charity. Cheer up, smile, nertz! 

Cheer up, cheer up, cheer up, cheer up, cheer, 
Up, cheer up, cheer up, cheer, better times are here. 
Sunny smilers we must be, the optimist asserts, 
Let's hang the fat-head to a tree! Cheer up, smile, nertz! 

The world's in the red, 
We're better off dead, 
Depression, they says in session to stay. 
Our judges are queer, 
Our banks disappear, 
And all the while, they tell us to smile: 

Cheer up, gentle citizens, though you have no shirts, 
Happy days are here again. Cheer up, smile, nertz! 
All aboard prosperity, giggle 'till it hurts, 
No more bread-line charity. Cheer up, smile, nertz! 

Cheer up, cheer up, cheer up, cheer up, cheer, 
Up, cheer up, cheer up, cheer, better times are here. 
Sunny smilers we must be, the optimist asserts, 
Let's hang the fat-head to a tree! Cheer up, smile, nertz! 

Nertz!

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