From the musical “Love O’ Mike”, 1917
Words by Harry B. Smith
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Eve, in the garden
If she’d thought to say
“I beg your pardon, no fruit today”
Things might be different we may believe
And often I perceive I’m very much like Eve
Refrain
Don’t tempt me, don’t tempt me
I might resist
I’m always regretting the things I’ve missed
I have a will power, O so small
No won’t power at all
Don’t tempt me, don’t tempt me
If you insist
I think I know someone who will be kissed
When a tempter is calling
I feel myself falling
For somehow I can’t say no
- Some girls appealed to make no mistakes
They never yield to those parlor snakes
They say, “How dare you” and sternly frown
I cannot turn them down
Please keep me or I’ll drown