a 1926 popular song
words and music by Abe Lyman, George Waggner and J. Russel Robinson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment from a player piano roll:
Lyrics
- I have something on my mind that I’ve just got to say
Mary Lou, Mary Lou
Just the same old story in the same old fashioned way
Mary Lou, listen, do
Chorus
Mary Lou, Mary Lou
Cross my heart I love you
Ev’ry bell in the steeple is ready to ring
And all the people are planning pretty presents all for you
Mary Lou, won’t you give your promise true?
Why for miles around they’re waiting
To start their celebrating
When you say “I do,” Mary Lou
- There’s a cozy bungalow that’s fixed for you and me
Mary Lou, Mary Lou
Maybe in a year or so we’ll make it do for three
Mary Lou, listen, do
Sung here by Fred Feild: