a 1917 popular song
words by Joe McCarthy
music by Fred Fisher
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I hate to talk about myself
But here’s one time I must
Your confidence I’ll trust
I have to speak or bust
It’s funny how I get the girls
I never try at all
I seem to hypnotize them
I’m bound to make them fall
Chorus
They go wild simply wild over me
They go mad, just as mad as they can be
No matter where I’m at
All the ladies, thin or fat
The tall ones, the small ones
I grab them off like that
Every night, how they fight over me
I don’t know what it is that they can see
The ladies look at me and sigh
In my arms they want to die
They go wild, simply wild, over me
2. I get so many pretty girls
I give a few away
They bother me each day
They’re leading me astray
There’s lots of fellows go with girls
And never get their drift
I always get the women
It’s just a natural gift
Chorus
They go wild simply wild over me
They go mad, just as mad as they can be
No matter where I’m at
All the ladies, thin or fat
The tall ones, the small ones
I grab them off like that
Every night, how they fight over me
I don’t know what it is that they can see
I can never be alone
I have to choke the telephone
They go wild, simply wild, over me
Sung here by Fred Feild: