A 1914 popular song.
Words by Robert B. Smith.
Music by Charles Cuvillier.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I so seldom go out nights
That I want to see the sights
I just long for dissipation
Long to dance the Hesitation
Want to be where fun is brewing
Want to see what folks are doing
There’s so much I want to see
And I’m safe as safe can be
While you’re chaperoning me
But there are certain things you shouldn’t see
Although I am with you
And places where you should not be
And things you shouldn’t do
Can’t do this! Can’t do that!
Why can’t I? Others do
Why not I? Tell me why?
What I can’t do, where I can’t go
Is just what I am crazy about
What I can’t see, what I can’t know
Is what I can’t live without
Where love is waiting, there I would wander
Ah, happiness in a found caress
Seeking just one we will understand
Where hearts are meeting, there I could ponder
Some fair day to see one awaiting me
One I have seen in love’s wonderland
In the dear love’s wonderland