a 1922 popular song
words by Al Herman
music by Geo. Fairman
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- There lives next door to me a newly married pair
At making love they’re bugs for fair
I wish to goodness that I didn’t live so near
For ev’ry night till broad daylight this is what I hear
Chorus
Kiss Mama kiss Papa, you wonderful child
Kiss Mama kiss Papa, it’s driving me wild
It must be some sort of a game that they play
For all through the night I can hear her say
Does oo love your Mama then he starts to coo
Does I love my Mama well I’ll say I do
They have a pretty polly in the flat
Ev’ry now and then it yells at the cat
Kiss Mama kiss Papa, goodnight sleep tight
- I often wonder when their honeymoon is o’er
If they’ll still coo the way they do
Believe me if I thought they would I’d move away
For I’d pass out without a doubt if I heard them say
Chorus
Kiss Mama kiss Papa, you wonderful child
Kiss Mama kiss Papa, it’s driving me wild
It must be some sort of a game that they play
For all through the night I can hear her say
Does oo love your Mama then he starts to coo
Does I love my Mama well I’ll say I do
The maids out in the hall each morn at four
Stand at my front door and all start to roar
Kiss Mama kiss Papa, goodnight sleep tight
Sung here by Fred Feild: