A 1922 popular song.
Words and music by Jimmy McHugh, The Bennett Sisters, and Billy Colligan.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Do you ever get lonely
And wish you were a kid again
Do you remember happy days gone by
When you were just a kid of ten
I’ll bet you recall
Your childhood days best of all
Refrain:
I’m feeling blue, so I’m asking you
How’d you like to be a kid again
Always in bad with mother and dad
It seems that you haven’t a friend
Would you like to see your little sweetheart
Waiting for you at the schoolhouse door
If you had a cent, it was always spent
Buying candy at the village store
It seemed a shame, but you got the blame
Every time a trick was played at school
More times than once they made you the dunce
And you had to sit on that stool
Say, if you played hookey
Someone would be bound to tell
And then you knew when you got home
That you’d get, well . . .
And just like a pup, you’d eat standing up
How’d you like to be a kid again
2. In my fond recollections
I seem to see a cabin door
In all my dreams it seems I’m back again
I’m just a little child once more
Though those days are gone
In memory they live on