(While the Young Men Are Away)
A popular song from 1918
Words by Grant Clarke
Music by Geo. W. Meyer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. All the girls are grieving
‘Cause the boys are leaving
Gone to face the foe
But the men of fifty
They feel mighty nifty
They don’t have to go
Young men they are sailing every day
Who will love the girls while they’re away?
Chorus:
There’ll be a hot time for the old men
While the young men are away
When the young men go to France
Oh, won’t the old men have a wonderful chance
To raise the dickens with all the chickens
They’ll have everything their way
Now that the young men have all disappeared
Every young girl grabs a man with a beard
There’ll be a hot time for the old men
While the young men are away
2. While the young men stayed here
They had every maid here
Things have changed somehow
And the real old fellow
Never was as mellow as he is right now
It’s not very hard to figure them
All the old men think they’re young again
Chorus:
There’ll be a hot time for the old men
While the young men are away
When the young men go to France
Oh, won’t the old men have a wonderful chance
To raise the dickens with all the chickens
They’ll have everything their way
All the old men read the papers and laughed
When all the young men were caught in the draft
There’ll be a hot time for the old men
While the young men are away