A 1909 popular song.
Words by Junie McCree.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In a quaint and ivy covered Bungalow
Just about a mile from here
Lives the girl I’m always dreaming of
She’s the one I love so dear
Ev’ry day while underneath the maple tree
On the garden gate she’ll swing
I steal ’round and cover up her eyes
Then to her I softly sing
Chorus
How do you do Miss Josephine
How do you feel today
How is Nan? sister Ann?
How’s your mother and your little redhead brother
If you go for a stroll Miss Josephine
You’ll know the reason why
I love to say how do you do
But hate to say goodbye
- Josephine had promised to elope with me
I appeared that night at ten
With a ladder on the balcony
I climbed up to see her then
She stood at the window just like Juliet
Waiting for the Romeo
When I saw her father standing there
Then I simply said to Joe
Sung here by Vancha March: