A 1919 popular song.
Words by Andrew B. Sterling.
Music by Harry Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Now when I was a child
Father said I went wild
Just simply crazy ’bout the girls
I used to steal out and play
With all the girls every day
I’d tease and squeeze and pull their curls
Well I’m crazier now getting wilder I vow
Because the girls look good to me
The young girls and the old girls
They were made to love
And I love them all you see
Chorus
Because they’re all sweeties
Sweet, sweet, sweeties
I can’t keep away from the girls
I like the tall ones, the small ones
I like ’em when they’re mild
I love ’em when they’re wild
Because they’re all sweeties
Sweet, sweet, sweeties
Whenever I see one, I fall
I’ll dance a skinny one around all day with me
And spend the evening slipping off a fat ones knee
Because they’re all sweeties
Sweet, sweet, sweeties
I can’t help loving them all
- There’s a girl with a smile
She’s the girlie worth while
The kind of girl you want to win
And there’s the girl with the pout
Like Mary Pickford’s look-out
Don’t miss the dimple on her chin
Some have cheeks like a rose
Others powder their nose
‘Cause it’s as shiny as can be
But take them all together
They were made to love
And I love them all you see
Chorus
Because they’re all sweeties
Sweet, sweet, sweeties
I can’t keep away from the girls
I like the bold ones, the cold ones
Of gay brunettes I’m fond
And I just love a blonde
Because they’re all sweeties
Sweet, sweet, sweeties
Whenever I see one, I fall
A girlie seventeen can fill my heart with joy
But when they’re thirty-nine
How they can love, oh Boy
Because they’re all sweeties
Sweet, sweet, sweeties
I can’t help loving them all
Sung here by Vancha March: