From the 1891 comic opera Wang
words by John Cheever Goodwin
music by Woolson Morse
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- A pretty girl, a summer’s night
A moon, serenely mellow
A fond caress, a loving vow
A kiss, and all is well, oh!
Again the girl, another night
Same moon, so far all’s well, oh!
But if we took, another look
We’d see another fellow - A shady nook, a babbling brook
Red lips where kisses dwell, oh!
“Swear to be true!” “I do! I do!”
Pwp! pwp! the lucky fellow
Again the nook, once more the brook
Same lips but sad, to tell, oh!
The one who sips, those ruby lips
Is quite another fellow
Sung here by Fred Feild: