Barney Google
Words by Billy Rose and Music by Con Conrad
Copyright ©1923/1949 Whitney Warner
Note: The sheet music has virtually no punctuation, so it has been appropriately added here.
Verse 1: Who's the most important man this country ever knew?
Who's the man our Presidents tell all their troubles to?
No, it isn't Mister Bryan, and it isn't Mister Hughes;
I'm mighty proud that I'm allowed a chance to introduce:
Chorus 1: Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Barney Google had a wife three times his size.
She sued Barney for divorce, Now he's sleeping with his horse!
Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Verse 2: Who's the greatest lover that this country ever knew?
Who's the man that Valentino takes his hat off to?
No, it isn't Douglas Fairbanks that the ladies rave about;
When he arrives who makes the wives chase all their husbands out?
Chorus 2: Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Barney Google bet his horse would win the prize.
When the horses ran that day, Spark Plug ran the other way!
Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
      
ADDITIONAL CHORUSES
Chorus 3: Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Barney Google bet his horse would win the prize.
He got odds of five to eight, Spark Plug came in three days late!
Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Chorus 4: Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Barney Google has a girl that loves the guys.
Only friends can get a squeeze. That girl has no enemies!
Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Chorus 5: Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Barney Google is the luckiest of guys.
If he fell into the mud, he'd come up with a diamond stud!
Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Chorus 6: Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Barney Google bet his horse would win the prize.
Spark Plug ran as fine as silk, 'till somebody hollered "Milk!"
Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Chorus 7: Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Barney Google tried to enter paradise.
When St. Peter saw his face, he said "Go to the other place!"
Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Chorus 8: Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Barney Google is a guy who never buys.
Women take him out to dine, then he cops the waiter's dime!
Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Chorus 9: Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.
Barney Google doesn't care for home-made pies.
When his wife begins to bake, Spark Plug gets an awful "break!"
Barney Google, with his Goo Goo Googly eyes.

Barney Google — Performed by Bill Edwards
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