A comedy “lisping” song from 1919
words and music by Carey Morgan and Lee David
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Sweetest girl I ever saw
Was selling cider in a grocery store
At half past six when the sun would set
I used to go to see my pet
She’d take the key and lock the door
We’d get some cider and a big long straw
Chorus
Thipping thider thru a thtraw
We sat there for hours or more
I thipped firtht and she thipped latht
But she thipped motht
Because she thipped tho fatht
We thipped till our thtraw did thlip
And I thipped thider from her lip
That’s how I won my mother-in-law
Thipping thider thru a big, long thtraw
- When first I saw her with a straw
Said I to “she”, “What are you doing that for?
Said she to me: “Why don’t you know
That sipping cider’s all the go?”
She was so sweet, as sweet can be
But sipping cider was the end of me
Chorus
Thipping thider thru a thtraw
We sat there for hours or more
I thipped firtht and she thipped latht
But she thipped motht
Because she thipped tho fatht
Cheek to cheek like Paw and Maw
We thipped till our lipth got sore
Now I’ve got ten kids or more
Thipping thider thru a big, long thtraw
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: