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First Published<\/td>1929<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Charles Tobias and George J Bennett<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN29793<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Lesley Sarony<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Bental, Brenda; England; 1970<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From Sheet Music<\/strong>\n\nWhat\u2019s the greatest problem now throughout the land?\nWhat\u2019s the only problem needs a helping hand?\nIt isn\u2019t unemployment (Philip Snowden), or tax relief I find\nIt\u2019s something more important now on everybody\u2019s mind\nJust walk into any home today\nIt\u2019s ten to one you\u2019ll hear each husband say\n\nMy wife is on a diet, and since she\u2019s on a diet\nHome isn\u2019t home any more\nNo gravy and potatoes, just lettuce and tomatoes\nWhere are the pies I adore\nOh, oh, oh, oh, what a disgrace\nI\u2019m ashamed to look a grapefruit straight in the face\nMy wife is on a diet, and since she\u2019s on a diet\nI\u2019m losing a pound every day<\/em>\n\nMonday, grapefruit, breakfast and for dinner\nAnd at night some orange juice\nTuesday, grapefruit, boys I growing thinner\nAll my clothes are getting loose\nWednesday, Thursday, I feel satisfied\nThen I change to coffee, with grapefruit on the side\nFriday till Sunday is more than I can stand\nBefore the eighteenth day I\u2019ll have a lily in my hand\n\nSince wifie's on a diet, I mustn't mention \"fry it\"\nWifie will only get mad\nit used to be a blessing\nto eat delicatessen\nTell me who started this fad?\nCrabs and shrimps must leave alone;\nI'm the only lobster she'll allow in my home\nMy wife is on a diet, and since she\u2019s on a diet\nShe\u2019s gaining a pound every day<\/em>\n\n[Musical Break]\nOh, oh, oh, she\u2019s driving me wild\nOne look at her onions and I cry like a child.\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
An American song sung in the Halls and on British radio in the late 1920s by Lesley Sarony.<\/a> The music reflects the popularity of dance bands and American jazz, both arguably factors in the decline of the Halls. In America it was perhaps best known as an Eddie Cantor song, but it was also sung by  Wilf Carter, Harry Hudson, Billy Murray, Walter Scanlon  and later by Tommy Handley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was collected by Roy Palmer from the singing of Brenda Bentall in 1970, but here are a number of versions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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