If You Knew Susie Like I Knew Susie 1925
Vocals: Ella Shields
Songwriting: De Sylva
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
She’s some classy, is this fair Lassie
Oh, oh Holy Moses what a chassis
We went riding – she didn’t balk
Back from Brighton,
I’m the one that had to walk
If you knew Susie like I know Susie
Oh, oh what a girl
If you knew Susie like I know Susie
Oh, Oh, Oh what a girl
She wears long tresses and real tight dresses
Oh, oh Holy Moses what a chassis
She went skating, fell down alright
But hit something, oh it was a ripping sight
If you knew Susie like I know Susie
Oh, Oh, Oh what a girl
Susie had a perfect reputation
No one’s ever seen her on a spree
Nobody knows where Susie goes
Nobody knows but me
Oh Mam’zelle Susie, oh Mam’zelle Susie
Oo la la la très chérie
Qu’est-ce qu’elle ??
Oh it is not wrong
Oh! oh! Holy Moses tres grande chassis
Mais ma chérie, oh je l’aime oui
C’est bon, bien fait
Oh she loves to pomme de terre does
Mam’zelle Susie, Mam’zelle Susie
Oh! Ça ??
As I know Susie
Oh oh oh what a girl
Oh how she’s filthy
How she thrills me
Oh boy, ??
I had a mustache, trained from a pup
She’s get such hot lips
Oh her kissing burns it up
If you knew Susie like I know Susie
Oh ho what a girl!
Ella Shields was a British male impersonator who dressed in a top hat and aristocratic attire.
Here, she adds some nonsense French, perhaps a parody of the upper class.
Note her use of the line ‘to Brighton’ to place the song it a British context.
Caution: This song is perhaps more associated vaudeville performer Eddie Cantor. He in turn picked up the song from Al Jolson, who performed it in blackface as part of his stage act.