A skating song from 1906.
Words by Barney Gilmore.
Music by Will H. Long, Jr.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. A peculiar sensation came o’er me today
While waiting for Charlie to call
He’s been trying each evening, and has me believing
That now I can skate and not fall
He’s coming to take me around to the rink
And oh, how I wish he was here
I don’t like this waiting, ’cause I feel like skating
And won’t he be tickled to hear
Chorus:
Take me on the rollers, the rollers Charlie do
That’s the place to whisper, “Darling I’ll be true”
If you want me to be happy, come show me that you do
Take me on the rollers, dear, then I’ll love you
2. Much pleasure I found on the merry-go-round
I used to like looping the loop
The bicycle, too, had me going a few
But they all have been put in the coop
Many time have I sighed for a long trolley ride
For a waltz or a dip in the sea
But they no longer charm, now I yearn for your arm
To hold mine as you skate ’round with me