A popular song from 1911.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Cover by John Frew.
Copyright ©14 Jan 1911.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Verse 1
I’m in love
Like a dove,
Got no time to work-a with da pick and shov’,
Feel so gay
That I say
If I die tomorrow,
Honest, boss, I no feel sorrow
’Cause I feel so fine all the time,
Got-a such a feeling like da champagne wine.
Since I met-a
My sweet Annette-a
Much love I get-a for mine.
Chorus
My gal,
She’s-a got such a figure,
So big,
Maybe it’s-a little bigger.
Small feet
Just-a like-a Japanese-a;
Big waist,
It take me seven days to squeeze ‘er.
My gal,
She’s-a dream-a, peach-a, cream-a,
Sweet to beat the band and
When you see a miss
Who got a shape-a like- dis,
Dat’s-a my gal.
Verse 2
My gals pop
He’s nice wop,
He’s-a got-a much-a swell-a barber shop
Once he said,
When we wed,
If the business is rotten.
He’s-a shave-a me for not’in’
And he’s got
Some gal what
Manicure my fingers ev’ry day for not’.
Feel so glad that I can’t get mad
And I feel yet better than that.
Repeat Chorus