… to the goody-good little girls
a 1922 popular song
words by Jack Yellen
music by Milton Ager
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
“Be good little girls, be good little girls”
That’s what all the mammas say
You’ll find the boys fall the hardest
For little girls who are modest
But good little girls, the good little girls
Know it doesn’t work that way
You can ask most anyone
They say they never have a bit of fun
Chorus
‘Cause the bad little boys aren’t goody good
To the goody good little girls
They make ’em ride in subways and trolleys
But they taxicab the bimbos from the follies
Beautiful vanps get the swell limousines
The other girlies marry and get washing machines
‘Cause the bad little boys aren’t goody good
To the goody good little girls
Chorus
‘Cause the bad little boys aren’t goody good
To the goody good little girls
Since mother Eve fooled Adam in Eden
All the husbands have been trying to get even
He ate the apple and ever since then
The women have been getting apple sauce from the men
‘Cause the bad little boys aren’t goody good
To the goody good little girls
Sung here by Fred Feild: