(I-yay Ove-lay)
A popular song from 1919.
Words and music by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Anatol Friedland.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Sister Susie has a brand new beau
He looks slow, but oh, oh, oh
Polished nails and such a fashion plate
He always stays till late
I’ve been kind of thinking he’s alright
Watched them spooning with a turned down light
Sister dressed in Sunday satin
Listening to him talk Pig Latin
Here’s what he said last night
Chorus:
I-yay Ove-lay Oo-yay Earie-day
You’re a wonderful child
Iss-kay E-may Otts-lay Earie-day
Say, you’re driving me wild
When we’re Arried-may a year or Oo-tay
Then to Abie bay we’ll Ay-say
I-yay Ove-lay Oo-yay Earie-day
You’re O-kay
2. Chinese, Spanish and Italian, too
There were few words I knew
Kind of hard to keep them in my mind
English I don’t mind
Since my sister got her brand new beau
I’ve been practicing and learning slow
I’ve got so that I can chat in
That crazy fool Hog Latin
I say to girls I know