A popular song from 1912.
Interpolated into the 1902 musical “The Wizard of Oz.”
Words and music by Jas. A. Brennan.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- I won’t play with you any more
Because you’re a fraidy cat
I never saw such a boy before
You’re such a fraidy cat
When Billy Jones went and pulled my hair
And then ran away with my hat
You just made b’lieve that you didn’t care
Because you’re a fraidy cat
Chorus
Ooh ooh before I’d be you
You’re ‘fraid as you can be
If a girl looks at you
You’re scared nearly blue
Why you’re even afraid of me
The boys all tease me about you
But I don’t care for that
I think that I’d like you an awful lot
If you wasn’t a fraidy cat
- See the fun that you always miss
Because you’re a fraidy cat
You never hug me nor steal a kiss
You’re such a fraidy cat
Of course my ma says that that’s not nice
And little boys shouldn’t do that
But I don’t care, you don’t even try
Because you’re a fraidy cat
Sung here by Vancha March: