(And a good man bad, they say)
A popular song from 1917
Words by Will J. Harris
Music by James F. Hanley
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Ever since this world began,
Girls have puzzled ev’ry man.
We can’t do without ‘em,
But something ‘bout ‘em
Just makes us doubt ‘em.
Ev’ry girlie knows a way
To make or break a fellow any day.
Chorus
Any little girl can make a bad man good,
And a good man bad, they say.
You know we are told in ancient history
Cleopatra made a “Mark” of Anthony.
Any man will fall for any little girl
Who has a winning way.
Nowadays you’ll find that every mother’s daughter
Makes a man do lots of things he hadn’t oughta.
Any little girl can make a bad man good,
And a good man bad, they say.
Verse 2
Woman’s called the weaker sex,
Still a strong man’s heart she wrecks.
They know how to rule ‘em.
At first, they school ‘em,
And then they fool ‘em.
Girlies shape men’s lives each day,
Just like a sculptor forms a man in clay.
Chorus 2
Any little girl can make a bad man good,
And a good man bad, they say.
Think of what a pirate bold was Captain Kidd,
Yet his wife made him wear nighties, yes she did.
Any man will fall for any little girl
Who has a winning way.
Look at Eddie Foy, he’s caused a great sensation,
He has raised an army to defend our nation.
Any little girl can make a bad man good,
And a good man bad, they say.
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: