From the 1905 show “The Earl & the Girl”
words by Addison Burkhardt
music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In the moonlight, in the spoonlight
Nell and Ned
Went a walking, she was talking
But instead
He was silent, he was sighing
To say something he’d been trying
Till with joy she felt like crying
When he said
Chorus
“Would you like to change from Miss to Mrs.
Would you like to live on love and kisses
Would you like to call me pet and honey
Would you like to spend my spending money
If you think you’d like to change your name
So that yours like mine would be the same
If you’ll whisper Yes and show me what true bliss is
Simply miss the Miss and change to Mrs.”
- “Yes, I love you, think much of you”
She replied
“Name the day, love, when they’ll say love
I’m your bride
For a time you had me guessing
And I thought my mail addressing
Would be Miss for life till pressing me
You cried
Sung here by Vancha March: