From the 1918 musical “Everything”.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- We have heard the wise men say
Each working day
Should have an hour of play
So if you’ll come with me I’ll show the way
Where all the playthings are
It’s not so very far
Chorus
Come along to toy town
Let me take you there
It’s a wondrous joy town
Free from ev’ry care
Come join the curly heads
That glisten with gold
There’s room for silver threads
No matter how old
When you see the playthings
You will dance and sing
Come and hear them say things
When you pull the string
‘Twill take you back to the shack
Where you played upon the floor
Come to toy town
And be a kiddy once more
- If your hair is tinged with gray
A toy each day
Will keep the gray away
We really never grow too old to play
The land of harmless toys
Makes old folks girls and boys
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: