A 1895 popular song.
Words and music by John Stromberg.
Sheet music suggested by Joe Conroy:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Singing in praise of your sweetheart
Describing her many perfections
Is just now consider’d a high art
So I’ll tell you all about mine
Tommy and Johnny and Danny
Whose sweethearts can rival most any
Will turn emerald hued all from envy
When they hear of my charmer divine
Chorus
My best girl’s a Corker
Not the kind that’s slow
Born and bred New Yorker
I would have you know
You may sing about your Mollie
Your Mamie or your Pearl
They’re all back numbers when
Compared with my best girl
- If you could see what she writes me
When I’m away from the fireside
You plainly could tell that she likes me
‘This dear young charmer of mine
Mama has faithfully taught her
To be a most dutiful daughter
And that’s why I love her and court her
This girl that I think so divine
Sung here by Fred Feild: