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You'd Better Be Nice to Them Now

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Title
You'd Better Be Nice to Them Now - Lyrics
Composer
  • Tracey, William  
  • Stern, Jack  
Lyricist
  • Tracey, William  
  • Stern, Jack  
Publisher
Douglas & Newman Music Co. (Broadway, NY)  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • You’d Better Be Nice to Them Now! Verse: Girls are filling men’s positions nowadays, and making good at ev’rything, they try. They’ve found out they’re useful in a lot of ways
  • go, get the money, is their battle cry. Boys, you’ve got to hand it to the ladies, here’s some good advice for you. Refrain: You’d better be nice to them now, oh! You’d better be nice to them now, Take your sweetie to a preacher right away, she may come in handy for a rainy day. It’s all on account of the war, your job isn’t safe anymore
  • For you don’t know what may happen in year or two, By then there won’t be anything a girl can’t do
  • So don’t you abuse ‘em, or you’re bound to lose ‘em, You’d better be nice to them now. Verse: Ever since the nation granted women’s right, they’ve been preparing so they’d stand the test. They’ve been sitting up and scheming ev’ry night, and picking out the trade that they like best. Pretty soon the girls will form a union, then you’ll have no chance at all. Refrain: You’d better
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_912
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
You'd Better Be Nice to Them Now
Composer
  • Stern, Jack  
  • Tracey, William  
Lyricist
  • Stern, Jack  
  • Tracey, William  
Publisher
Douglas & Newman Music Co. (Broadway, NY)  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-01-22
Lyrics
  • So don’t you abuse ‘em, or you’re bound to lose ‘em, You’d better be nice to them now. Verse: Ever since the nation granted women’s right, they’ve been preparing so they’d stand the test. They’ve been sitting up and scheming ev’ry night, and picking out the trade that they like best. Pretty soon the girls will form a union, then you’ll have no chance at all. Refrain: You’d better
  • For you don’t know what may happen in year or two, By then there won’t be anything a girl can’t do
  • go, get the money, is their battle cry. Boys, you’ve got to hand it to the ladies, here’s some good advice for you. Refrain: You’d better be nice to them now, oh! You’d better be nice to them now, Take your sweetie to a preacher right away, she may come in handy for a rainy day. It’s all on account of the war, your job isn’t safe anymore
  • You’d Better Be Nice to Them Now! Verse: Girls are filling men’s positions nowadays, and making good at ev’rything, they try. They’ve found out they’re useful in a lot of ways
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_912
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleYou'd Better Be Nice to Them Now
Composer
  • Stern, Jack  
  • Tracey, William  
Lyricist
  • Stern, Jack  
  • Tracey, William  
PublisherDouglas & Newman Music Co. (Broadway, NY)  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-01-22
Lyrics
  • So don’t you abuse ‘em, or you’re bound to lose ‘em, You’d better be nice to them now. Verse: Ever since the nation granted women’s right, they’ve been preparing so they’d stand the test. They’ve been sitting up and scheming ev’ry night, and picking out the trade that they like best. Pretty soon the girls will form a union, then you’ll have no chance at all. Refrain: You’d better
  • For you don’t know what may happen in year or two, By then there won’t be anything a girl can’t do
  • go, get the money, is their battle cry. Boys, you’ve got to hand it to the ladies, here’s some good advice for you. Refrain: You’d better be nice to them now, oh! You’d better be nice to them now, Take your sweetie to a preacher right away, she may come in handy for a rainy day. It’s all on account of the war, your job isn’t safe anymore
  • You’d Better Be Nice to Them Now! Verse: Girls are filling men’s positions nowadays, and making good at ev’rything, they try. They’ve found out they’re useful in a lot of ways
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 23, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_912
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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