A popular song from 1909.
Words by Irving Berlin.
Music by Ted Snyder.
Cover Art by John Frew.
Cover Art by E.H. Pfeiffer.
Copyright ©26 Oct 1909.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music (Cover by John Frew):
The sheet music (Cover by E.H. Pfeiffer):
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Two loving sweethearts ‘mid flowers in Maytime,
Two happy faces like children in playtime,
Two eyes of blue, gazing into
Eyes of her own sweetheart,
One cozy bench holds the couple within it,
Hours that passed only seemed like a minute
Sweet maiden sighs,
Fellow replies, “Tell me before we part.”
Chorus
Next to your mother, who do you love?
Next to your brother, who do you love?
Next to your father, and your sister Sue,
Tell me who looks good to you,
Next to your mother who would you miss?
Next to your brother, who would you kiss?
Next to your own dear folks at home,
Tell me, now who do you love?
- Five cozy rooms in a flat in the city,
One baby boy cute and cunning and pretty,
Parson had said, “You two are wed,
Bless you my children go”
“Come spend a week”
So she wrote to her mother,
Mother replies, “I am bringing your brother”
Husband remarks, “Me for the parks”
But first I want to know
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: