A 1918 popular song.
Words by Ed. Moran and Vincent Bryan.
Music by Harry Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When I was just a little kid
I had a million toys
But when I saw a doll I just went wild
I’d hug and kiss and love it
Oh, it brought a million joys
In kiddie land when I was but a child
I heard my mother say
That daddy was that way
I must have taken after him
For I’m that way today
Chorus
I want a doll, I want a baby doll
To play with me, to play with me
Just like the dollies they have in the Follies
That roll their eyes, and show surprise
And that isn’t all
I want a doll, I want a baby doll
Won’t some doll hear my call?
Some coy, sweet toy that wants the love
That’s due her, oh, boy, oh joy
Won’t someone lead me to her?
One not too green, you know what I mean
I want a great big beautiful doll
- Tho’ I was crazy over dolls
My dear old dad was worse
He’d hang around the nursery with me
When I would hug and kiss my doll
My dad would grab my nurse
And hug and kiss and bounce her on his knee
Tho’ father’s getting gray
He’s just the same today
The other night while in his sleep
My mother heard him say
Chorus
I want a doll, I want a baby doll
To play with me, to play with me
I could admire some baby vampire
Who’d wink her lamp and be my vamp
And that isn’t all
I want a doll, I want a baby doll
Some doll to make me fall?
Some coy, sweet toy
That has a lovely figure, oh, boy, oh joy
I’m full of wim and wigor
One not too bold and still not too cold
I want a great big beautiful doll
Sung here by Vancha March: