Classic Poem

VERSE

Black cats creep across my path
Until I'm almost mad,
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath,
'Cause all my luck is bad.

REFRAIN

I make a date for golf
And you can bet your life it rains,
I try to give a party
And the guy upstairs complains,
I guess I'll go through life
Just catchin' colds and missin' trains.
Ev'rything happens to me.
I never miss a thing,
I've had the measles and the mumps,
And ev'ry time I play an ace
My partner always trumps,
I guess I'm just a fool
Who never looks before he jumps.
Ev'rything happens to me.
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me,
That love would turn the trick to end despair,
But now I just can't fool this head that thinks for me,
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air.
I've telegraphed and phoned,
I sent an " Air-mail Special, " too.
Your answer was " good-bye, "
And there was even postage due.
I fell in love just once
And then it had to be with you.
Ev'rything happens to me.