A popular song from 1926.
Words and music by Edgar Leslie, William J. Reitz, and Billy Stone.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Down in our alley
A girl from out of town
She changed our alley
And turned things upside down
She’s the kind of vamp you’ve never seen
On the stage or on the movie screen
Come to our alley and take a look around
Chorus
There’s a little nightie hanging on the line
Hanging on the line next door
It starts to wave in the breeze ev’ry morn
I get the blues ev’ry night when it’s gone
I’ve been going to the preacher for advice
How to change her name to mine
I’m gonna flirt ’till my old red shirt
Hangs beside the nightie on the line
- House wives are crying
And girls are feeling blue
Men folks are sighing
For just another view
Neighbors hope she gets a dispossess
If she does I’m gonna miss my guess
There’s no use trying
The landlord’s looking too
Chorus
There’s another nightie hanging on the line
Hanging on the line next door
Guess it’s the one that her Mother must wear
Looks like the place where they held the World’s Fair
When we’re married and we all go camping out
In the good old summer time
We’ll save the rent when I build a tent
Out of Mother’s nightie on the line
Chorus
There’s another nightie hanging on the line
Hanging on the line next door
It’s for a baby of One, Two or Three
Maybe it cries for a Daddy like me
Baby’s Mommer is a Merry widow now
When I change her name to mine
There may be more, maybe three or four
Little nighties hanging on the line
Sung here by Fred Feild: