A popular song from 1912
Words by Edward Madden
Music by Jean Schwartz
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- Willie Wingle wrote a jingle
On his fiddle de dee
Dolly Dimple sweet and simple
Said, “Oh, play it for me
There’s a feeling comes a-stealing
What’s that melody, say
It sounds silly, but go on Willy
I love to hear you play it, play it”
Chorus
Rum tum tum tum, tum tum tiddle
Was the thing he played upon his fiddle
That melodious tune just seemed to croon
Honey love, Honey love, Honey love
‘Round my heart you’ve raised a riddle
And the answer lies right in the middle
Of this musical strain
Won’t you play it again
- Willie played it till he made it
Such a popular strain
People hummed it and rum tummed it
Till it drove him insane
Women chased him and embraced him
He could hear them implore
What’s that ditty that sounds so pretty
Oh, play it just once more, encore it
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: