a 1922 popular song
words by Sidney D. Mitchell and Lew Klein
music by Al Piantadosi
The sheet music:
Accompaniment – player piano roll QRS 2040:
Lyrics
- Girls be careful now-a-days, when you meet a boy
He’ll make love to you and say, you’re his pride and joy
You build castles in the air, as for his talk you fall
You think you’re hearing wedding bells
But they’re not wedding bells at all
Chorus
They’re cowbells, just cowbells, when he says he loves but you
That’s cowbells, just cowbells, when he says that he’ll be true
And when he sighs, “I love your eyes, you’re such a sweet little thing
You’re the first girl I’ve kissed” Oh listen to the cowbells ring
Those cowbells, those cowbells, never let them make you fall
When he says, “Dear I promise you
When we’re married I’ll support your mother too
That’s not only cowbells, it’s the whole cow, and all
Chorus
They’re cowbells, just cowbells, when he says you made him fall
That’s cowbells, just cowbells, that is what he tells them all
And when he says, “you’re my first love, the others don’t mean a thing
I’d lay down my life for you” Oh listen to the cowbells ring
Those cowbells, those cowbells, never let them make you fall
If on his knees he tells you that
He will love you even if you do grow fat
That’s not only cowbells, it’s the whole cow, and all
- When a cowbell tries to ring, it just makes a noise
You will find the same old thing with a lot of boys
When the preacher ties the knot, chimes ring out near and far
Then you will know they’re wedding bells
But ’till then this is all they are
Sung here by Fred Feild: