A 1898 popular song.
Words by Hugh Morton.
Music by Gustave Kerker.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. To be the toy of a bold bad boy
I really do think I should like it
To sit and kiss is a style of bliss
That ought to be nice when you strike it
I am shy just now and I wouldn't know how
To love like a thorough-bred lady
But I surmise that I might grow wise
If you wooed me in nooks that are shady
Chorus:
Oh teach me how to kiss, dear
Teach me how to squeeze
Teach me how to sit upon your sympathetic knees
Teach me how to coo, dear, like a turtle dove
Teach me how to fiddle you
Oh teach me how to love
2. I'm very new, but I'll say to you
That my newness is ready to wear off
Of course I'm good, all the same I would
With a proper young gentleman pair off
I think that I, in the bye and bye
At kissing might prove very handy
Though incomplete, I ought to be sweet
For you know that I'm made out of candy