A 1925 popular song.
Words by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Music by Jerome D. Kern.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Here you come a-running
Back into my memory’s eye
Little playmate, once my gay-mate
In a day gone by
Ragged dressed, tangled tresses
Flying o’er the hill
Heaven bless us
You’ve no less a share of Jack and Jill
You funny little will-o-wisp
That describes her to a T.
Sassy little lispy, Sunny
She is full of fun
He named the lady perfectly
She is bright and sunny
Burthen:
Never comb your hair, Sunny
Leave the breezes there, Sunny
Let your stocking fall down
For shocking the town is all that you do
Smiling all the while, Tom boy
Where’d you get your smile from boy?
Little sunny girl, be my honey girl
I’m for you