From the 1922 musical “Just Because”.
Words by Helen S. Woodruff.
Music by Madelyn Sheppard.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Some folks have cunning babies
And some folks just have dogs and cats
Some who are grown-up ladies
Exclaim, “Oh goodness me
I don’t want bawling brats”
This ain’t the way that we feels
We’ve got a loving arm
We want a little curly head
To cuddle so nice and warm, so
Refrain
We pets our dollies, sweet pretty dollies
They never cries or frets
They say “Mama”, they say “Papa”
They’re just the dearest pets
And when some grown-up comes along
We thinks is true
We’ll up and say just this away
“My dolls like you”
Oh dolly, dolly, my precious dolly
How dearly I loves you
So we pets our dollies, sweet pretty dollies
They’re good as good can be
And when we play, they always say
Love and just cuddle me
Now my dolly tells me she likes you
Which I think is lovely for I do, too
So, I’ll name my dolly
Beautiful dolly, for you
- We loves to cuddle dollies
And just pretend they’re babies dear
We gives them each a nice name
And we spoils them very, very much I fear
Then when some husband comes along
And marries us some day
We’ll up and say just this away
I’ll name my twins for you, so
Sung here by Fred Feild: