A popular song from 1923
Words by Sidney D. Mitchell and Lew Brown
Music by Seymour Simons
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Little Willie Jones was a Peck’s bad boy,
Always up to some new prank.
Ev’ry time a beau came to see his sister Flo,
He ran and got his savings bank.
But last night he didn’t get a dime,
The parlor door was locked instead.
And so next day when she passed his way,
She hung her head as Willie said:
Chorus 1
Last night you kissed him – ain’t you ashamed?
You can’t resist him – ain’t you ashamed?
I watched you from the hall, the key hole was so small,
But you were fooling around, fooling around,
And that ain’t all, I saw him hold you — ain’t you ashamed?
Ma ought to scold you cause she’ll be blamed.
He tried to take you on his knee,
And the way it looked to me, you didn’t stop him — ain’t you ashamed?
Verse 2
Willie said he wouldn’t peep again,
So she promised him a dime.
After that he said he would hurry off to bed
When someone came to call next time.
But last night when sister’s fellow came, she didn’t keep her word at all.
She blushed with shame when the next day came,
And Willie hollered thru the hall.
Chorus 2
You let him pet you — ain’t you ashamed?
First time he met you — ain’t you ashamed?
You tried to act so nice, you sat there cool as ice,
But that boy wasn’t a dunce, he kissed you once. You kissed him twice.
You hugged and squeezed him — ain’t you ashamed?
Oh! How you teased him – you should be blamed.
He asked for something, you said “yes”.
What he asked for I can guess.
Pa missed his moonshine — ain’t you ashamed?
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: