From “ARE YOU A MASON?,” 1910
Words by Irving Berlin.
Music by Ted Snyder.
Cover Art by André C. DeTakacs.
Copyright ©12 Oct 1910.
Sheet Music Image from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Nellie Brown, stenographer
Working on the second floor
Writing letters for a man named Kelly
Kelly’s wife, a lady thin
Calls around, is ushered in
Sees her husband fondly kiss Miss Nellie
Next morning Kelly whispered in Nell’s ear
She left the office singing loud and clear
Chorus
I’m going on a long vacation
Oh you railway station
First in years so give three cheers
Yea bo, yea, hurray, hurray
Everybody in creation
Needs some recreation
My boss guessed I need some rest
Yea, I’m going away
- Nellie told the office boy
He replied with shrieks of joy
Then went in and said to Mister Kelly
“Nellie told me where she’d go
I can tell your wife you know
Don’t you think I better go with Nellie?”
Next week the office boy and Nellie Brown
Were holding hands and singing out of town