(Can You Blame Me For Loving You?)
A popular song from 1919.
Words by Sam Coslow.
Music by Peter De Rose.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Chinee laddie had a Chinee lady love
Far away
She was all that he was ever dreaming of
Day by day
He didn’t know her nam-ee
He called her Al-lee Sam-ee
And to his little China doll he’d say
Chorus
Al-lee Sam-ee, Al-lee Sam-ee
Can you blame me for loving you
If you lik-ee me like I lik-ee you
Plitty soon the wedding bells begin to ring
Ching-ling-ling
You’re my rose of China
Nothing could be finer
Then your winky, blinky, chinky eyes of blue
Even if you won’t be true
Listen to Ching Ling Foo
All-ee-sam-ee I love you
- Chinee boy a-dreaming in the Orient,
Far away
Dreaming of the many happy hours he spent
Day by day
He longed once more to kiss-ee
His little Chinee Miss-ee
And as in the days of yore to say