From the 1943 musical “Oklahoma”
Words by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
The floor creaks, the door squeaks
There’s a fieldmouse a-nibblin’ on a broom
And I set by myself, like a cobweb on a shelf
By myself in a lonely room
But when there’s a moon in my winder
And it slants down a beam ‘cross my bed
Then the shadder of a tree
Starts a-dancin’ on the wall
And a dream starts a-dancin’ in my head.
And all the things that I wish fer
Turn out like I want them to be,
And I’m better ‘n that smart Aleck cowhand
Who thinks he is better ‘n me
And the girl I want ain’t afraid of my arms
And her own soft arms keep me warm
And her long, yeller hair falls across my face
Jist like the rain in a storm
The floor creaks, the door squeaks
And the mouse starts a-nibblin’ on the broom
And the sun flicks my eyes
It was all a pack o’ lies
I’m awake in a lonely room
I ain’t gonna dream ’bout her arms no more
I ain’t gonna leave her alone!
Goin’ outside, git myself a bride
Git me a womern to call my own