a 1940 popular song
words and music by Saxie Dowell
This one has some similarity to the song “I Don’t Want To Play in Your Yard”.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
There’s a catchy little tune a floatin’ through the air
You hear it here and there
They sing it ev’rywhere
How it started, where it started seems nobody knows
What’s the diff’rence where it came from
Here’s the way it goes, Oh!
Chorus
Playmate come out and play with me
And bring your dollies three
Climb up my apple tree
Look down my rain barr’l
Slide down my cellar door
And we’ll be jolly friends forever more
She couldn’t come out and play
It was a sunny day
With tearful eye, she breathed a sigh
And I could hear her say
I’m sorry, playmate
I cannot play with you
My dollies have the flu
Ain’t got no rain barr’l
Ain’t got no cellar door
But we’ll be jolly friends, forever more
Sung here by Fred Feild: