A popular song from 1910.
Words by Sterling & Costello.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m a grownup now and I can’t see how
Ev’rybody takes me for a child
I’ve a great big heart, if it gets a start
It sure will love so much ’twill set me wild
Ev’ryone I know seems to catch a beau
I’m old enough and now I want one, too
Someone just my size, let me put you wise
If you flirt with me I’ll flirt with you
Chorus
I want someone to flirt with me
For I’m as lonesome as can be
Say you ought to see the eyes that I can make
Won’t somebody notice me for goodness sake
I want someone to love me sure
But I don’t want an amateur
I want someone to teach me ev’rything from A to Z
I want someone, someone to flirt with me
- Once I nearly cried, for one day I tried
Flirting with someone I thought was nice
We were holding hands on the shining sands
I guess that party’s heart was made of ice
Not a single kiss, never knew that bliss
It never cuddled up and held me tight
So away I stole, from that old “North Pole”
Now I want someone to love me right
Sung here by Vancha March: