Holding Hands and “You Don’t Say Nothing at All”.
A popular song from 1906.
Words by Jack Norworth.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Sitting in the parlor, nine o’clock at night
Spooning with the girl you love
Talk about the weather, then turn down the light
Ev’rything is quiet up above
Chairs keep moving closer till at last you find
There’s room for both inside the rocking chair
Heads are close together, girlie doesn’t mind
Rocking to and fro without a care
Chorus
Holding hands, holding hands
You sigh, she sighs, you sit side by side
The moon looks on and then he tries to hide
(‘Cause you are) Holding hands
The clock is striking twelve out in the hall
All the time you sit there holding hands
And you don’t say nothing at all
- Go to work next morning, feeling kind of blue
All you do is mope and sigh
Think about your sweetheart, don’t know what to do
Wishing for the time to hurry by
Call around that evening, meet her at the door
You both walk in the parlor just the same
Both sit in the rocker as you did before
Then commence to play the same old game
Sung here by Vancha March: