From the 1919 musical review “Hitchy-Koo”.
Words and music by Cole Porter.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I was still the mild, money-wild type of child
That’s styled “Commuter”
When I fell as the suitor for a butterfly
One of those sweet peace-loving geese
That police Maurice’s Biltmore
No one ever loved gilt more than my butterfly
So when I’d got her tied as a bride
With pride a-blushing
I chose one of those bungalows
God grows in Flushing
Then try picture my surprise the other night
When I got to the spot and found
She’d taken flight
Refrain:
Oh, bring, oh bring me back my butterfly
She simply wrote me “Goodbye
I’ve found the man of my choice
And he’s got a Rolls Royce”
Oh send her home or else I’ll surely die
Oh, won’t you please, please
Bring me back my butterfly