Only a Baby

a 1922 popular song
Words and music by Richard Howard

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment:

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Lyrics

1. Night shadows slowly creeping
   Along the Great White Way
   They find a girlie weeping
   Her heart has gone astray
   I know there must be someone who’s to blame
   It really seems a shame, because she’s

Chorus
Only a baby, only a baby
She didn’t know about the ways of the world
They always kept her just an innocent girl
Nobody told her, they’d only scold her
Now she’s alone
Where there’s no one to remind her
Far, far from home
‘Mong the bright lights you will find her
Drifting along, lost in the throng
And she’s only just a baby that’s all

2. She’s seen a lot of sadness
   She’s caused a lot of woe
   It might have all been gladness
   Had they but let her know
   A butterfly she’ll wander thru the years
   I’d like to dry her tears, because she’s

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Sung here by Fred Feild: