“Business was so bad the other night the orchestra was playing "Tea for One."”

—  Henny Youngman

Don't Put My Name on this Book (1976), p. 92 http://archive.org/stream/dontputmynameont00youn#page/92/mode/2up/search/%22tea+for+one%22

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