(Or anything else I know)
a popular song from 1908
words and music by William A. Dillon
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Willie Green had ev’rything
Watch and chain and a diamond ring
He was always hard to please
No matter how we’d try
His father brought him an automobile
But he refused to go and spiel
When Pa said, “Well, what do you want?”
This was his reply
Refrain
“I’d rather have a girlie than an automobile
Or anything else I know
It may seem very funny, it’s the way I feel
And I just want to tell you so
All I want is a good old pal
Oh, I can have a lot of fun with any nice girl
I’d rather have a girlie than an automobile
Or anything else I know”
- I’m afraid of the gasoline
Don’t know nothing about a machine
But, when it comes to girlies
Bill said, “I am never shy”
Very fond of the opera heels
Don’t care much about sprocket wheels
But, with the girls I like to flirt
For a lady’s man am I”
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: