A Christmas song from 1908.
Words by Junie McCree.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- “Tell me, Mama” said a little girl on Christmas Eve
“Why do you and daddy smile at me?”
“Christmas, darling, is the day when little girls receive
Some presents from a hand they never see
Santa Claus comes down the chimney as I’ve often said
Fills your stocking with his own dear hand”
“I know, Mama, that he fills them while I am in bed
But there is one thing I can’t understand”
Chorus
Why doesn’t Santa Claus go next door
Why does he just visit me
Don’t he like girls that are very poor
And have no Christmas tree?
I have more toys than I really need
And Santa is bringing me more
I’d be satisfied if he’d only divide
With the little girl next door
- “I was over there this evening,
Just to see my friend
Mama dear, I think they are in need
Ev’ry toy I get tomorrow
To her I will send
I love my little chum, I do, indeed
She is thinking, too, of Christmas
I am sure, because
She was filled with smiles and seemed so glad
When she hung her stocking up
And talked of Santa Claus
I wonder why her Mama looked so sad”
Sung here by Vancha March: