(My Sweet Babee)
A popular song from 1919
Words by Bert Kalmar and Edgar Leslie
Music by Harry Ruby
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. All the boys in France were wild about Marcelle
A sweet Parisian belle and one by one they fell
She would captivate them with her naughty glance
She’d always thrill them and she’d fill them with romance
Like a baby she was full of play
And all the boys would love to hear her say
Chorus:
“Come on and play wiz me, my sweet babee
You bounce me ‘Tre je lee, upon your knee
Come on I’l be your chocolate eclair
Come on, you’ll be my sweet ‘pomme de terre’
But you must love me true, no April fool
If someone flirt wiz you, I’ll fight ze duel
Ze Frenchman in France take ze big liberty
Because Gay Paree is ze land of ze free
But don’t think sat you can get too free wiz me
Come and play wiz me, my sweet babee”
2. She had eyes just like the skies they were so blue
And you can bet she knew just how to roll them too
Every fellow used to call her “ma cherie”
And they would go a mile her sunny smile to see
When the fellows knew that she was near
They’d knock each other down each time they’d hear
Extra choruses from 78rpm records by Eddie Cantor & Billy Murray:
Chorus 2
Come on and play wiz me, my sweet ba-bee.
You bounce me tres-jolie upon your knee.
Come on, we play like kids in ze yard
Come on, but you must no play too hard
And while we promenade, you kiss mama
Upon ze boulevard, come çi come ça
We hug and we squeeze in ze big motorcar
But first you must promise you won’t go too far.
I kiss you, one two three, then you kiss me.
Come on and play wiz me, my sweet ba-bee.
Chorus 3
Come on and play wiz me, my sweet ba-bee.
You bounce me tres-jolie upon your knee.
Then we play what they call hide and seek
Oui, out, maybe we hide for a week.
Upon ze boulevard, come çi come ça
While we promenade you kiss mama.
We play all zis day on ze big boulevard
We play all zis day like two kid in ze yard.
But first you must promise you won’t play too hard.
Come on and play wiz me, my sweet ba-bee.
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: