(Don’t Pull the Wool Down Over My Eyes)
A popular song from 1909
Words by Felix F. Feist
Music by Joel P. Corin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Old Sampson White went out every night
But left his wife at home
She didn’t mind, Sam was so kind
His love for art kept them apart
And nightly he would roam
To some Art Gallery, you know the kind
She never said a word
Till one night Sampson heard
CHORUS
“Just because I let you call me “Baby Lamb”
You needn’t try to pull the wool down over my eyes
Just because I act in such a sheepish way
That don’t mean that I’m asleep all day
You mustn’t think I’m easy, ’cause I don’t complain
Remember that you’ve made me wise
Just because I let you call me “Baby Lamb
Don’t pull the wool down over my eyes”
2. “My Baby Lamb, you’re wrong,” said Sam
To prove that I mean right
Here’s my night-key, take it from me”
Sam had its twin, thought he’d get in
When he got home at three
But Friend Wife fooled him, the lock was changed
His keys he threw away as he heard wifey say