From “The Time, The Place and the Girl”, 1946
Words by Leo Robin
Music by Arthur Schwartz
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I feel like a two-year-old
So would you, too
‘Cause I’m headin’ for a weddin’
That’s if some one says: “I do”
Someone with a heart of gold
I’ve been true to
Someone kinda shy-like
Just like I like
Refrain:
Met a gal in calico
Down in Santa Fe
Used to be her Sunday beau
‘Til I rode away
Do I want her, do I want her love?
Yes-sir-ree
Will I win her, will I win her love?
Wait ‘n see
Workin’ with a rodeo
Go from town to town
See most every kinda gal
Every kinda gown
But who made my heart sing
Yip-pee Yi, Yip-pee Yo
My little gal in calico
Refrain:
Take my gal in calico
Down in Santa Fe
Guess I better let her know
That I feel this way
Is she waitin’, s she waitin’?
She better be
Am I hopin’ to be ropin’ her?
Yes-sir-ee
Gonna quit the rodeo
Gonna settle down
Buy a bolt of calico
For a weddin’ gown
Then will I fence her in
Yip-pee Yi, Yip-pee Yo
My little gal in calico
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: