From the show “Oh I Say”, 1913
Words by Harry B. Smith
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- On summer evenings clear
When all is still
Some gossip you may hear
From voices shrill
Although they never all the facts relate
‘Tis of the doings of a certain girl named Kate
Refrain
What was it that Katy did?
What’s the secret Katy hid?
Some admit it, say she did it
Others tell you Katy didn’t
Katy didn’t, no she didn’t
They roast that poor girl all day
But somehow they never say
What it was that little Katy did
- What did the poor girl do?
I’d like to know
That gossips still pursue
And blame her so
They never seem to tell the story pat
They just insist she did
And let it go at that
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: