1904 BROADWAY MUSICAL: George M. COHAN ~ Life's a funny proposition after all (1911) Video

For "Labienus" / American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer George M. Cohan (1878--1942) / Life's a funny proposition after all / from Little Johnny Jones, the Cohan musical that gave the world "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "Yankee Doodle Boy" / Recorded May 4, 1911 -- George M. Cohan signed to record exclusively for Victor amid much fanfare, though interestingly, strangely, the seven published discs, all made in 1911 and released on Victor's Purple Label, were a commercial failure, and today Cohan's recordings don't surface very often. LIFE'S A FUNNY PROPOSITION AFTER ALL from Little Johnny Jones (George M. Cohan) Did you ever sit and ponder, sit and wonder, sit and think, Why we're here and what this life is all about? It's a problem that has driven many brainy men to drink, It's the weirdest thing they've tried to figure out; About a thousand different theories, All the scientists can show, But never yet have proved a reason why. With all we've thought, and all we're taught, Why all we seem to know Is we're born, and live awhile, and then we die. Life's a very funny proposition, after all; Imagination, jealousy, hypocrisy and all; Three meals a day, a whole lot to say; When you haven't got the coin, you're always in the way. Ev'rybody's fighting, as we wend our way along, Ev'ry fellow claims the other fellow's wrong; Hurried and worried, until we're buried And there's no curtain call; Life's a very funny proposition ...