The Last Straw

Performed by Betty Hutton and Perry Como

Written by Lenny Stack
© 1952 Jena Music Publishing Co.

Lyrics:
I gulped a little goldfish from a goldfish bowl
Once I spent a weekend on a cold flagpole
Went over old Niagara in a leaky canoe
I even charmed a cobra with a blue kazoo

I tied my little cousin to a railroad track
I put the next to last straw on the camel's back
But the last straw
I mean the very last straw
Was to fall in love with you

I went and dug for oysters in the Klondike Rush
I lost a whole safari in an underbrush
Went over the Sahara on an old pair of skies
I did some acrobatics on the high trapeze

I found a green banana in some cracker jack
I placed the next to last straw on the camel's back
But the last straw
I mean the very last straw
Was to fall in love with you

I made an ocean voyage on a floatin' log
I've held a conversation with a talking dog
I saved up nearly twenty-thousand pop bottle tops
I designed the paper pants for loin lamb chops

I tried to find a barber who would cut my hair
But darling whatever made me pick your chair?
Well, that's the last straw
I mean the very last straw
'Cause I fell in love with you

I winked at you in Woolworth's on the second floor
Cause I thought you were the Hutton girl that owned that big store
Well, that's the last straw
I mean the very last straw
'Cause I fell in love with you


Recording History:
Recorded for RCA Victor (Unreleased)
a-side: To Know You (Is To Love You)
b-side: The Last Straw

Recorded June 19, 1952 at Manhattan Center, New York City, NY
Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres
Produced by Dave Kapp and Hy Grill
Running Time: 2 mins 42 secs