A new jazz hit, 1919.
Words by Byron Gay.
Music by Byron Gay and Arnold Johnson.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m in the air, in the air
Meaning atmosphere
Gee! she’s a bear, she’s a bear
Let me tell you here
I’ll say she’s there with a pair of
Most wonderful lips that caress
Eyes that mean “yes”
I want to cry, want to cry
When she passes by
I want to die, want to die
When I hear her sigh
Gee, Goshdurn it I’m looney I guess
Chorus
Oh, lady “O” how she can snuggle
She’s as sweet as can be
And when I hold her “hannie”
“O” the way she whispers
Pretty nothings to me
Completely gets my “nannie”
“O” it isn’t what she does but
“O” the clever way she does it
Does that fascinating thing that
Rhymes with “dove”, sweet cookie
“O” the way she vamps me
With her go get ’em eyes
And puts me in a flurry
“O” the way I fall for all her beautiful lies
Believe me I should worry
“O” the way she feeds me taffy
“O” I think she’ll drive me daffy
O, O, O, O, how my supersentimental
Wonderful sweetie can love
- I’m glad I found, glad I found
What I like the most
I’ll stick around, stick around
Like an evening post
I’ll never stop till I cop and
I marry my wonderful pet
I’ll get her yet
There’ll be a moon, be a moon
I mean a honeymoon
And we will spoon, we will spoon
To a vampy tune
We’ll vamp, vamp till the wedding is set
Sung here by Fred Feild: