Billy

. . . I always dream of Bill, 1911.
words by Joe Goodwin
music by Kendis and Paley


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Behold in me a maiden who is feeling sad
    Yearning for a wedding day
    It’s just because I love a man I feel so bad
    Now that he has gone away
    Though I have his picture near
    It can’t love and call me dear
    So I confess I’m hungry for some real live love
    How I wish that Bill were here

Chorus
For when I walk I always walk with Billy
‘Cause Billy knows just where to walk
And when I talk, I always talk with Billy
‘Cause Billy knows just how to talk
And when I dine I always dine with Billy
He takes me where I get my fill
And when I sleep and when I sleep
I always dream of Bill

  1. It seems some how each man I meet makes eyes at me
    But it only makes me blue
    And though each day a lot of handsome chaps I see
    To my sweetheart I’ll be true
    I have kissed his picture till
    It no longer looks like Bill
    If he knew what was waiting for him he’d come home
    Then my heart with joy he’d fill

Sung here by Fred Feild: