(If you’ll be the fool there was)
a 1919 popular song
words and music by Grace Doro
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
1. Mazie had two lovers bold
One was young and one was old
The gay old dog just rolled in wealth
While all the other had, was health
But he had a lovin’ way
Like a hero in a play
So Mazie fell for Romeo
And she whispered soft and low
Chorus
I’ll be your baby vampire
If you’ll be “the fool there was”
I’ll “vamp” you, oh so pretty
Like Miss Theda Bara does
“A rag, a bone, and a hank of hair”
A cute little dimple and a baby stare
Will make a modest man so bold
He wants to do and dare
I’ll be your baby vampire
If you’ll be sweet papa to me
I’m just a little naughty
But I’m nice you will agree
Your bank roll’s slim but we can save
And I have always craved to be a young man’s slave
I’ll be your baby vampire
If you’ll be “the fool there was”
2. Then her wealthy suitor came
Money was his middle name
And he gave Mae a diamond ring
So she says, “Love ain’t everything”
What if he was fat and old
He was worth his weight in gold
And when Mae saw the big “Rolls Royce”
She said, “Man, I’ve made my choice”
Chorus
I’ll be your baby vampire
If you’ll be “the fool there was”
I’ll “vamp” you, oh so pretty
Like Miss Theda Pickford does
It’s not the “bones or the hank of hair”
It’s the cute little chicken with the baby stare
That make men mortgage up their homes
And give their wives the air
I’ll be your baby vampire
If you’ll be sweet daddy to me
Just buy me great big limousines
And castles by the sea
You may have been vamped quite a lot
But what it takes to make you buy the ring, I’ve got
I’ll be your baby vampire
If you’ll be “the fool there was”
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Sung here by Fred Feild: