[1st verse:]
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Abie Bloom loved Miss Rosie Cohen
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Abie as a bus'ness man was in a class alone
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Rosie's family were satisfied
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Abie owned a clothing store, a bus'ness man
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Ev'ry month Rosie's father Mose
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Walked in Abie's clothing store and took a suit of clothes
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One day Abie drew Rosie near
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And whispered these words in her ear:
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[Refrain:]
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Bus'ness is bus'ness, Miss Rosie Cohen
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I've got to pay for ev'rything I own
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Seven suits of clothes your father took out from my store
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All he says is "Charge it to my future son-in-law"
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Tell your expensive father C.O.D.
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Don't mean, "Come on down to my store"
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For
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Ev'ry little dollar carries int'rest all it's own
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Bus'ness is bus'ness, Rosie Cohen!
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[2nd verse:]
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Abie said, "Listen Rosie dear
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Ev'ry month a suit means just a dozen suits a year
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Seven years and then your father Mose
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He will have enough to start a clothing store
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Then again, father is no fool
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He can tell a cotton suit from one that's made of wool
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Since I fell in love with you Rose
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Your father is so hard on clothes
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Business Is Business
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| Irving Berlin |
