Geore Cooper wrote the words to this song and Stephen Foster set it to music. This song is a satire mocking the fashion of the day. Background music is in the key of D
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6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 Oh! all of you poor sin-gle men 6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 Don't ev-er give up in de-spair, 7 -6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 For there's al-ways a chance while there's life 6 -5 6 -5 5 -5 5 -4 To cap-ture the hearts of the fair. 6 6 5 -5 6 -6 6 6 No mat-ter what may be your age, 6 -6 -5 6 -6 -8 7 -7 You al-ways may cut a fine dash, -6 -7 7 8 -8 8 7 -7 7 You will suit all the girls to a hair -7 -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 5 If you've on-ly got a mous-tache! 7 -6 6 7 -6 6 A mous-tache, a mous-tache! 7 -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 4 If you've on-ly got a mous-tache.
Verse 2
No matter for manners or style,
No matter for birth or for fame,
All these used to have something to do
With young ladies changing their name,
There's no reason now to despond,
Or go and do anything rash,
For you'll do though you can't raise a cent,
If you'll only raise a moustache!
A moustache, a moustache,
If you'll only raise a moustache.
Verse 3
Your head may be think as a block,
And empty as any football,
Oh! your eyes may be green as the grass,
Your heart just as hard as a wall
Yet take the advice that I give,
You'll soon gain affection and cash,
And will be all the range with the girls,
If you'll only get a moustache,
A moustache, a moustache,
If you'll only get a moustache.
Verse 4
I oncewas in sorrow and tears
Because I was jilted you know,
So right down to the river I ran
To quickly dispose of my woe.
A good friend he gave me advice
And timely prevented the splash.
Not at home I've a wife and ten heirs,
And all through a handsome moustache,
A moustache, a moustache,
And all through a handsome moustache.
