Barnum movie - There Is A Sucker Born Every Minute lyrics
rate meThere is a sucker born every minute
Each time that second hand sweeps to the top
Like dandelions up they pop,
Their ears so big, their eyes so wide.
And though I feed ‘em bonafide baloney
With no truth in it
Why you can bet I’ll find some rube to buy my corn.
‘Cause there’s a sure-as-shootin' sucker born a minute,
And I’m referrin’ to the minute you was born.
Each blessed hour brings sixty of ‘em
Each time that wooden cuckoo shows his face
Another sucker takes his place,
Plunks his quarter on the line
To buy my brand of genuine malarkey.
God bless and love ‘em!
But don’t feel sad or hoppin’ mad or cause a scene
‘Cause there’s a sure-as-shootin' sucker born a minute,
But man you mighta been the minute in between.
If I allow that right here in my hands
The smallest living human man
The sight of that is surely worth a dime
If I present an educated pooch
Who’s trained to dance the hoochie cooch
What better way to waste a bit of time
If I import at monumental cost
A lady, fair, whose head was lost
While crossing railroad tracks to pick some zinnias
Who has no ears or eyes or nose
And wears pink tights instead of clothes
If that ain’t worth a buck my name ain’t Phineas
Aw you say that’s hogwash well who cares
You’ll buy my hogwash long as
There’s a sucker born every minute
Each time that second hand sweeps to the top
Like dandelions up they pop,
Ears so big, eyes so wide.
And though my tale is bonafide baloney,
Just let me spin it,
There ain’t no man who can resist me wait and see
‘Cause there’s a sure-as-shooting sucker born a minute,
And friends the biggest one excluding none is me!
Thanks to vikki for correcting these lyrics