[1st VERSE:] I feel very blue, yes I do, can't you tell Worry quite a lot 'cause I'm not feeling well Friends have come to me, saying "We can see You need company" but I'm not lonely I'm only [REFRAIN:] Homesick, I know just what's the matter I'm homesick, that's all I see that cozy little shack and the little red school Daddy on the back of a funny old mule "God Bless our Home" on the wall The fields of clover They seem to say "Why don't you come over Pay us a call" I miss the cows and the chickens and the apple tree shady And there's that little old lady Do you wonder why I'm homesick [2nd VERSE:] My poor heart will stop when I hop off the train Such a happy soul when I stroll down the lane I can't wait till then to be there again In the twilight when the sun is setting I'm getting
[1st VERSE:] My heart goes pitter patter, no one knows what's the matter Just received a telegram from Alabam' my home That's why I'm gonna worry 'til the time when I hurry Right back to that cabin door, never more to roam [REFRAIN:] Some sunny day with a smile on my face I'll go back to that place far away Back to that shack and that red-headed hen She'll say, "How have you be'n?" Then go back to the hay and lay me my breakfast Some sunny day I'll be on that express Flying away to my little bunch of happiness Oh, how I pine for those lips sweet as wine They'll be pressed close to mine some sunny day [2nd VERSE:] Sunny Spring is the season when birds sing, there's a reason Rolling stones who hear their song begin to long for home Lohengrin, Mister Verdi don't begin with a birdie Telling you to go back home, never more to roam
[VERSE:] Snappy music is the only music that was ever meant for me A little spice is very nice in ev'ry melody Let me mingle with a peppy jingle That the jazz bands love to play I'm a swifty Very nifty That's why I say [REFRAIN:] Bring on the pepper We need a lot of pepper You've got to be a stepper with a barrel of speed Make it good and snappy if you want to get by Make 'em think you're happy though you're ready to die When you begin it Put lots of ginger in it About a mile a minute is the tempo we need Slow folks are no folks To trouble with, no, indeed! Lots of pep will make an undertaker Rock with joy and laughter If you can sprinkle a cute little twinkle You'll find that's the wrinkle we're after Just keep a-goin' And don't forget to throw in A bit of Georgie Cohan that we know Lots of tobasco That's all we ask so Bring on the pepper, let's go
[VERSE:] Back to the olden Days that were golden Memory often strays Before anyone could gaze At Molly's and May's Little ankle displays Time with its changes Often arranges Styles that become the craze But I am yearning To be returning Back to those crinoline days [REFRAIN:] In those dear old crinoline days Old fashioned people with their old fashioned ways When the girl a fellow courted Was the girl he married and supported Back in eighteen seventy-four Rosy complexions weren't bought in a store Granny and grand-daddy longingly gaze Back to those crinoline days
[VERSE:] Metropolitan nights bring me memories dear Voices clear keep ringing in my ear Metropolitan girls with their sweet musical themes Haunt my dreams and ev'ry night it seems [REFRAIN:] I see a horseshoe set with diamonds A diamond horseshoe set with girls And ev'ry lovely maiden I see Is calling to me with a sweet melody I hear them saying it with music Until each tragic tale unfurls And my heart is laden with love for each maiden In my diamond horseshoe of girls
[VERSE:] I'm so worried, oh, so worried I can't sleep a wink at night I've lost my appetite And it's all on account of my height I'm a Yankee, long and lanky And that's where the trouble lies For a little lovin' my heart cries But I can't find a man my size [REFRAIN:] I'm looking for a daddy long legs Who's gonna measure up to me A little fellow has the wrong legs To have me sitting on his knee I had a sweetheart short and thin And when the spooning would begin He was there standing on a chair But he'd only get as far as my chin I want a daddy who can teach me The kind of love I can't resist I want a daddy who can reach me When I get ready to be kissed I want a nice young man to woo me But I don't want a man that has to climb up to me It's gonna take a daddy long legs To love a long-legged lady like me
[1st VERSE:] After the gray of a long dreary day comes the evening Peaceful and calm as a sheltering palm is the evening Daytime has gone to rest, there in the golden west Soon little stars will appear in the sky Seeming to say, "We are here, hush-a-bye" [REFRAIN:] Evening, lady of the evening I can hear you calling me Calling, while the shades are falling Falling over land and sea You can make the cares and troubles That followed me through the day Fold their tents just like the Arabs And silently steal away Evening, lady of the evening I hear you calling me [2nd VERSE:] After the sun when its day's work is done comes the evening Then with the night comes the angels who light up the evening There in the sky they stand, each with a torch in hand Then one by one, little stars in the sky Look down and say, "We are here, hush-a-bye"
[VERSE:] Locked in a cage I'm sad as I can be Singing my song all the day long It seems I can hear the forest calling me How I keep longing just to be free [REFRAIN:] I'd love to leave my little red lacquer cage And fly away out there where I Could sing my beautiful song In the forest where I belong The little birds that live in a tree Would love to hear my sweet melody I hate to sing the song that God gave to me In a little red lacquer cage
[VERSE:] When all is still in Paris And evening shadows creep Upon a hill in Paris The people never sleep They bid a royal welcome To ev'ry restless heart Champagne bubbles drown their troubles While they are in Mont Martre [REFRAIN:] Mont Martre, playground of France Mont Martre, wrapped in romance Mont Martre, on with the dance While the violin plays a song of sin with Love dreams luring you on Till the vision is gone Young hearts break with the wake of each dawn How tragic is the magic of Mont Martre
[VERSE:] Oh, I got a message from below 'Twas from a man I used to know About a year or so ago Before he departed He is just as happy as can be I'll tell you what he said to me He said, "If ever you get heavy-hearted [REFRAIN:] Pack up your sins and go to the devil in Hades You'll meet the finest of gentlemen and the finest of ladies They'd rather be down below than up above Hades is full of thousands of Joneses and Browns, O'Hoolihans, Cohens and Bradys You'll hear a heavenly tune that went to the devil Because the jazz bands They started pickin' it Then put a trick in it A jazzy kick in it They've got a couple of old reformers in Heaven Making them go to bed at eleven Pack up your sins and go to the devil And you'll never have to go to bed at all [counterpoint REFRAIN:] If you care to dwell where the weather is hot H-E-double-L is a wonderful spot If you need a rest and you're all out of sorts Hades is the best of the winter resorts Paradise doesn't compare All the nice people are there They come there from ev'rywhere Just to revel with Mister Devil Nothing on his mind but a couple of horns Satan is waitin' with his jazz band And his band came from Alabam' with a melody hot No one gives a damn if it's music or not Satan's melody makes you want to dance forever And you never have to go to bed at all
[VERSE:] Porc'lain boy is feeling so terribly lonely Just because he's fallen in love with a maid Though she's very near him She don't seem to hear him When he sings his little sad serenade [REFRAIN:] Porc'lain Maid, I'm calling to you From my teakwood stand Porc'lain Maid, I'm feeling so blue Please let me hold your hand How I long to cuddle and coo 'Neath a bamboo shade I wanna design a Home over in China For my Porc'lain Maid [2nd REFRAIN:] Porc'lain Boy, I'm list'ning to you From my teakwood stand Porc'lain Boy, if you're feeling blue Come here and hold my hand If you long to cuddle and coo 'Neath a bamboo shade Why don't you design a Home over in China For your Porc'lain Maid