I need not search for precious gold;

Of wealth, I have my share.

For with my eyes, I scan the skies

And find my fortune there.

A host of priceless dreams unfold

In songs that bluebirds sing.

The earth, the sea belong to me –

I’m richer than a king.

To add to things that money cannot buy,

An echo brings this very soft reply:

Yes! We have no bananas!

We have no bananas today!

We’ve string beans and onions,

Cabrillas and scallions,

And all kinds of fruit and ****.

We have an old-fashioned tomato;

Long Island potato;

But, yes! We have no bananas!

We have no bananas today!



Yes, we no-nje gotta de bananos.

We no-nje gotta-da banano today, but one-a menoots!

We gotta new kinda garlic –

When-a use-a dees garlic,

It-a meka you stand apart-a from-a you friends.

We gotta 64,000 watermelone!

We don’t-a sell any, but the guy we buy’em from…

Mama mia! Does he sell a watermelone!

But-a yes! We no-nje gotta the bananas. Hey, why you-on?

We no-nje gotta de bananos today!

Yes! Ah, we have no bananas!

What’s that? An half a banana?

Now what good is a banana split? Uh-huh-huh-huh!

We have a muttons, and buttons,

And kippers with zippers,

And pounds of devaluated pounds…

“Banana”: S T I N K !

They ain’t no stinkin’ bananas!

Precisely! They ain’t no stinking bananas!

Yes! Ah, we have no bananas!

Pip pip, cheerio, and *******! Uh-huh-huh-huh!



Yes, we ain’t got bananas.

We ain’t got bananas today.

We got pickles and crocks;

We got bagels and locks;

A bagel that’s-a done-a dipped in cement.

We got delicious knishes and kosher champagne –

The kosher champagne – there’s two cents plain;

Pastrami, salami, matzos, and jam.

You should pardon the expression: We even got ham!

But yes, we ain’t got bananas.

We ain’t got bananas today.