"If You Knew Susie (Like I know Susie!)" Eddie Cantor, 1925

Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer first offered this tune to Al Jolson, but Jolie's rendition didn't catch on with the public ...so Al passed it on to his younger protege Eddie Cantor--who put it over in a maxissimus way!

IF YOU KNEW SUSIE (LIKE I KNOW SUSIE)
From the Broadway musical "Big Boy" (1926)
(DeSylva/Meyer)

Al Jolson (Broadway Production) - 1925
Eddie Cantor - 1925
Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards - 1925
Ernest Hare & Billy Jones - 1925
Jack Shilkret & His Orch. (vocal: Billy Murray) - 1925
The Varsity Eight - 1925
Billy Jones - 1925
Ella Shields - 1925
Buddy Doyle (feat. in the film "The Great Ziegfeld") - 1936
Frank Sinatra & Gene Kelly (feat. in the film "Anchors Aweigh") - 1944
Tiny Hill & His Orch. (vocal: Tiny Hill) - 1944
Eddie Cantor (feat. in the film "If You Knew Susie") - 1948
Dean Martin (feat. in the film "The Silencers") - 1966

Also recorded by: Tennessee Ernie Ford; Perez Prado;
Sammy Kaye & His Orch.; Lester Lanin; Johnny Maddox.

IF YOU KNEW SUSIE (LIKE I KNOW SUSIE!)

I have got a sweetie known as Susie
In the words of Shakespeare she's a "wow"
Though all of you may know her, too
I'd like to shout right now:

If you knew Susie, like I know Susie
Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl
There's none so classy
As this fair lassie
Oh! Oh! Oh my goodness, what a chassis
We went riding, she didn't balk
from the country,
I'm the one that had to walk
If you knew Susie, like I know Susie
Oh! Oh, what a girl!

Suzie has a perfect reputation
No one ever saw her on a spree
Nobody knows where Susie goes
Nobody knows but me

If you knew Susie, like I know Susie
Oh! Oh! Oh, what a girl
She wears long tresses
And nice tight dresses
Oh! Oh!
What a future she possesses
Out in public
How she can yawn
In a parlor, you would think the war was on
If you knew Susie, like I know Susie
Oh! Oh, what a girl!

She'll spend Sunday praising the Lord,
But on Monday she's as busy as a Ford.
If you knew Susie, like I know Susie
Oh! Oh, what a girl!

I had a mustache, and trained it like a pup
She's got such hot lips she kissed me once
and burned it up.

If you knew Susie--like I know Susie
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, what a girl!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• If you knew Susie
• Eddie Cantor
• Al Jolson
• 1925
• DeSylva
• Meyer

[xevcosmo]

Thanks to Youtube, timeless classics like Eddy Cantor finds whole new audiences and will live forever, bravo.

[RReady555]

Eddy's hard NOT to like... ;)

Thanks,

-RR

[iupuijagsone]

1925? You don't know Susie... she's long dead by now!

[RReady555]

Nah, she's timeless! ;)

-RR

[hilly1690]

this was my nana's favourite song sitting with a lump in my throat.thanks

[RReady555]

It's a great one--glad it brought her cheer!

-RR

[liamlynchfan]

I love listening to old music, and as a Suzy, I really got a kick out of this.

[USNSarDiver]

wimg that Jesus Christ himself will always love me acknowledge me,answer me,and always help me.

[USNSarDiver]

Came here to find a song to cheer me up this xmas all I got was, a knife,book, socks,shirt jacket ,and a shirt,as I watch my sis open up present after present and so on,thought maybe she got lucky besides xmas ain't over,waited a week to maybe see if I get something else at least a card heck no my sister gets the I phone 4 without upgrade discount plus otter box.My family doesnt even listen to me acknowledge me nothing,then I say to my self I will also have someone to turn to talk,be able to kno

[megapixie181]

It moments like these when i love being called Suzy

[gnativerson]

one of my longtime favorites ! - was this one of the first uses of the word "wow" in a song?

[princesskaitlyn524]

Awww, I love this, my mother is a Susie! Thank you for sharing this! <3

[susieify]

I'm susie.

[willy1514]

@tropicalgoddess22 Look up Cliff Edwards, specifically "Singin' in the Rain", Russ Colombo "Prisoner of Love" and "Too Beautiful for Words" , Al Jolson "April Showers", Vernon Dalhart "Prisoner's Song", Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel # 1, and "Frankie and Johnny", and "Ol' Man River" from "Showboat"..

[lundehund44]

@Safetylast08 and you're a dick. fuck off.

[paulostroff99]

Eddie Cantor much beloved in his day, TY Candy and also RReady555 for posting.