A popular song from the year 1912.
Words by Thos. J. Gray.
Music by W. Raymond Walker.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Now Sam McKee was sick and he
Was taken to a hospital
And there he met a swell Nurse Gal
And right away our Sam got gay
He forgot about his ills
Made love when she brought him pills
Ev’ry night when she would go off duty
Sam would holler out, “Come here, my Cutey”
Chorus
Good-night, Nurse! tell the Doctor I’m no better
Good-night, Nurse! write my folks a nice long letter
Say I need a rest and you fear
I had better stay here a year
Feel my pulse, hold my hand a little longer
How’s my heart?
Don’t you think it’s getting stronger?
Call me in the morning or I’ll get worse
Kiss your little patient, Good-night, Nurse
- This tale they tell, how Sam got well
The day he left his cosy bed
He met his old girl and was wed
But married life, Sam and his wife
Soon agreed to disagree
When he said, “That Nurse for me”
Pots and pans his wife then started throwing
Sam’s back in the hospital a-crowing