A popular song from 1916.
Words by Sam M. Lewis and Will Dillon.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
- I write these lines to tell you
That I’m sorry I left home
Because I’m all alone
Why did you let me roam
Someone put the jinx on me
I’m up against it strong
I’m out of work and so I wrote a song
The first verse dear is very sweet
Because it speaks of you
I’m sending you the chorus, read it thro’
Chorus
My little girl, you know I love you
And I long for you each day
My little girl, I’m dreaming of you
Tho’ you’re many miles away
I see the lane down in the wild wood
Where you promised to be true
My little girl, I know you’re waiting
And I’m coming back to you
- The second verse is not complete
I cannot rhyme the part
That goes with aching heart
But I was never smart
You know that the chorus
Is the part that must be heard
And now I’ve got a job to rhyme that word
Now if this song should make a hit
I’ll marry you in June
And if it don’t there’ll be no honeymoon
Sung here by Vancha March: