If All the Girls Were Good Little Girls

(Wouldn’t It Be Too Bad)
A popular song from 1920
Words by Grant Clarke
Music by Walter Donaldson

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

1. It takes all kinds of girls I’ve found
   To make this great big world go round
   Some you’ll find are haughty as ice
   Some are kind of naughty but nice
   It’s lucky they are not the same
   That would make life oh so tame

Chorus:
If all the girls were good little girls
Wouldn’t that be too bad
If all the girls were oh so goody good
Then we never could go out and fool about
If all the girls were shy little girls
Wouldn’t the world be sad
You’d read of all the married fellows ending their lives
‘Cause they’d have no one else to love
Excepting their wives
If all the girls were good little girls
Wouldn’t that be too bad

2. It’s mighty good they’re not all bad
   It makes it bad when they’re too good
   Just as long as girlies are nice
   Boys will love ’em, take my advice
   They’ll always pick a peach that’s ripe
   It’s good they’re not all the same type

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Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: