From the musical “A Parisian Model”, 1906
Words and music by Cobb and Edwards
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In the northeast corner of my face
And the northwest corner of the self same place
Two bad brown eyes, things do and see
That never are done by the rest of me
Chorus
For I just can’t make my eyes behave
Two bad brown eyes I am their slave
My lips may say run away from me
But my eyes say come and play with me
And you won’t blame poor little me, I’m sure
‘Cuz I just can’t make my eyes behave
- In the morning I a-shopping go
At each clerk I look and murmur soft and low
I’ll take this, please send it C.O.D.
But it always comes home marked “Paid” to me