A popular song from 1914
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- See those sweethearts
They’ve just been married
They’ll be leaving soon
They’re getting ready to begin
A lifelong honeymoon
See the old folks crowding around them
Gladness fills the room
Just hear the bride’s old mother
Whispering to the groom
Chorus
Treat her like a baby
For she’s only a baby
When you take her with you, lad
You are taking all we had
I know she’ll be a comfort to you
Like she’s always been to me
So do be kind and keep unhappiness away
And when you find
Her golden hair is turning gray
Continue to treat her like a baby
- See those sweethearts
Rocking a cradle with a baby boy
After a year of wedded bliss
He came to bring them joy
Listen to them planning his future
Hear his father say
“I picture some girl’s mother
Saying to him someday”
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: