Former title “Simple Melody” from 1914 musical “WATCH YOUR STEP”.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
These are the 1950 revised lyrics.
Recorded by Bing Crosby and his son, Gary Crosby.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Won’t you play a simple melody
Like my mother sang to me
One with good old fashioned harmony
Play a simple melody
Musical demon, set your honey a-dreamin’
Won’t you play me some rag
Just change that classical nag
To some sweet beautiful drag
If you will play from a copy
Of a tune that is choppy
You’ll get all my applause
And that is simply because
I want to listen to rag
Low part sung by Laurence Rubenstein
High part sung by Fred Feild: