A popular song from 1919.
words by Bert Kalmar and Eddie Cox
music by Henry W. Santley
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Talk about your sweetie sweet
There’s a girl lives on our street
That all the boys are trying
Just dying to meet
All the fellows hang about
Waiting for her to come out
And when they lay their eyes on her
You will hear them shout
Chorus:
“Is she sort of cute and pretty?
You said it
Would she shine in any city?
You said it
Has she got beautiful clothes?
Has she got plenty of beaux?
And has she lots of other things
That nobody knows?
You said it
Would she make you spend your money?
You said it
Would she fill your little heart with joy?
[1. She’s the very kind you bet
Every fellow wants to pet
Is she very hard to get?
You said it, boy]
[2. When you call her on the phone
And she tells you she’s alone
Would you leave your happy home?
You said it, boy]
[3. All the wild men she just tames
Makes them call her pretty names
Could she capture Jessie James?
You said it, boy]”
- Everybody is her slave
You should hear the way they rave
She tries her best to shake them
And make them behave
There’s a school across the way
And at recess every day
You’ll hear the school boys singing this
While they are at play
Sung here by Fred Feild: