Whose Izzy Is He?
Is He Yours or Is He Mine?
Performer: Carl Fenton's Orchestra
Composer: Brown - Green - Strum
Brunswick, 1924
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This is the first 78 I actually paid money for, and I confess I bought it for the lovely Brunswick label. That it turned out to be a truly silly piece of music kicked off my ten-year obsessive Victrola record binge. I bought anything under the Brunswick label after this, and I do think there's something slightly odd about most of their recordings, even the 'straight' ones.Personally, I'd like to know a little more about this confusing Izzy ménage. The singer is male (and probably was intended to be, from the "vest" reference). It has the smell of vaudeville and brimstone about it.
Tim Gracyk (whose home page is a treasure) says that Carl Fenton was a name both Gus Haenschen and Reuben Greenberg recorded under. This early recording would've been Gus Haenschen.
I'm getting dizzy, watching Izzy all the time.
He said that he'd be true to me.
I should've got a guarantee!
Whose Izzy is he, is he yours or is he mine?
If you get him, then you'll give me the "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha."
If I get him then I'll give you the "Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!"
He who laughs last laughs the best.
You laugh half, I'll laugh the rest.
You may laugh up your sleeve,
But I'll laugh up my vest. [I was so disappointed when I realized this last word probably wasn't "dress"]
Whose Izzy is he, is he yours or is he mine?
I'm getting dizzy watching Izzy all the time.
He likes lemon with his tea,
I guess the lemon must be me.
Whose Izzy is he, is he yours or is he mine?