A 1918 popular World War I song.
Words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young.
Music by Jean Schwartz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. When the gray shadows creep
And the world is asleep
In the still of the night
Baby creeps down a flight
First she looks all around
Without making a sound
Then baby toddles up to the telephone
And whispers in a baby tone
Chorus
Hello Central give me No Man’s Land
My daddy’s there, my mamma told me
She tiptoed off to bed, after my prayers were said
Don’t ring when you get my number
Or you’ll disturb mamma’s slumber
I’m afraid to stand here at the phone
‘Cause I’m alone, So won’t you hurry
I want to know why mamma starts to weep
When I say, “Now I lay me down to sleep”
Hello Central, give me no man’s land
2. Through the curtains of night
Comes a beautiful light
And the sunshine that beams
Finds a baby in dreams
Mama looks in to see
Where her darling can be
She finds her baby still in her slumber deep
A-whispering while she’s fast asleep
Sung here by Fred Feild: