A popular song by 1912
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert
Music by Lewis F. Muir and Maurice Abrahams
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Jonesy said to Smithy, “Say you’re looking very bad
Your eyes are rather heavy like it’s little sleep you’ve had”
And Mister Smith said Jones, “It’s easy to explain
Anyone can guess it, it’s awfully simple
Maybe I have walked the floor with baby till the morn
Maybe I was up with some sick friend all night till dawn
And then again, it’s maybe, maybe, may
There’s only one thing I can say”
Chorus:
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh what a night
Oh what a night, oh what a night
Thinking of it gives me delight
This night of mystery goes down in history
Oh, oh, oh, oh, old pal of mine
Left home at nine, oh what a time
I love my wife, but Oh, oh you kid
Oh what a night
2. With me it is Masonic, I said I would not repeat
The only thing that I’ll reveal, it surely was a treat
And the rest I’l leave to you to figure out
Be a little Sherlock Holmes old pallie
Maybe I was made a member of a local lodge
Maybe it’s the Turkish bath, the old familiar dodge
And then again it’s maybe this and that
Go on and guess where I was at