A fox trot song from 1929
Words and music by D. and G. Miller
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Come dearie, the daughter of Mother Machree
Wouldn’t use her as you are using me
You’ve been way up high in the air night and day
Oh what will your friends and the neighbors say
Chorus:
Daughter, I’m saying come down
Your place is here on the ground
How do I know what you’re up to up there
You and that boy in the air
Daughter, I’m saying come down
Your place is here on the ground
They call you flapper but I call you clown
Daw-daw-daw Daughter come down
- The buggy was bad and the auto was worse
But these air contraptions are naught but a curse
They’ve got them to work with no hands on the stick
They’re safe, but you’re not, and I’m worried sick - It used to be that you’d do as you were told
Now you’ve got so carefree and mighty bold
It’s natural to love when the right boy you’ve found
But take my advice and love on the ground - It’s out of the cradle right into the air
When I think what I’m missing it doesn’t seem fair
So, push back the clouds, clear a path to the sky
Your mother’s woke up and she’s gonna fly
Chorus:
Daughter, don’t dare to come down
It’s not safe for you on the ground
I don’t give a care what you’re up to up there
I, too, have a boy in the air
Daughter, don’t dare to come down
It’s not safe for you on the ground
We’ll fool your dad with a wink and a frown
When I’m calling Daughter come down