A popular song from 1913
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Hello! Central, dear
Central, listen here
Please connect me with my father
Number one, two, three
Daddy, this is me
Come home right away
Since you left this morning, Daddy dear
Many, many things have happen’d here
Chorus
Daddy, come home
Close the factory and hurry up home
Won’t you come to me?
Johnny stole my mittens
My brand new Sunday mittens
Outside of that, the cat just lost her kittens
Daddy, come home!
Johnny’s punching me
And I can’t hold my own
Ma found a locket
Of a girl in your pocket, Daddy
So you better come home
- Daddy, hurry up
Johnny broke the cup
That we borrow’d from our neighbor
Harry stubbed his toe
Playing Buffalo
Mabel fell down stairs
Willie’s chasing Jack around the flat
Ev’rything is fine outside of that
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: