A popular song from 1950.
Words and music by Ross Bagdasarian and William Saroyan.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
One lonely immigrant boy
Going from work one day
See fine U. S. number one girlie
Fall in love with her right away
He looked on her, she looked on him
But he didn’t know just what to say
He loved her
He wanted for to marry her
So he told her in old country way
Chorus
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you candy
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you apple-a
Plum and a apricot-a too, eh!
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you figs and a
Dates and a grapes and a cake, eh!
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you candy
Come on-a my house-a, my house
I’m gonna give-a you ev’rything
Chorus
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you Christmas tree
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you a marriage ring
And a pomegranate too, eh!
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you peach
And a pear I love-a your hair, eh!
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you Easter egg
Come on-a my house-a, my house
I’m gonna give-a you ev’rything
Chorus
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you my house
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you poem
And a dance and a phonograph too, eh!
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you all-a my wage
And a bird in a cage, eh!
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house
My house-a come on
Come on-a my house, my house
I’m gonna give-a you candy
Come on-a my house-a, all-a your life
Come on, come on and a be my wife
Sung here by Fred Feild: