Tenement Symphony

Schubert wrote a symphony

Too bad he didn't finish it

Gershwin took a chord in 'G'

Proceeded to diminish it

I sought a variation

on a theme that I thought pretty

And I found my inspiration

on the east side of the city



The Cohens and the Kellys

The Campbells and Vermicellis

All form a part of my tenement symphony



The Cohen's pianola

The Kellys and their victrola

All warm the heart of my tenement symphony



The Campbells come tumb'lin' down the stairs

Hoodlie-ah, hoodlie-ah, hoodlie-ah

Oh Marie, oh Marie

You'll be late for your date with Izzy.



And from this confusion

I dreamed of a grand illusion

It's my tenement symphony in four flats



And from this confusion

I dreamed of a grand illusion

It's my tenement symphony in four flats