A 1922 popular song.
Words by Benny Davis.
Music by James F. Hanley.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Oh! Mister Newspaperman
Please help me out if you can
My sweetie wander’d away
I fear she may go astray
I’ve searched for her ev’ry place
I haven’t found any trace
I’m feeling awfully bad
So please run this ad
In your Lost and Found column today
Chorus
Lost a wonderful girl
A wonderful pearl
Please help me find her
And remind her
She is all the world to me
Without her I don’t even care ’bout livin’
Tell her ev’rything will be forgiven
I would give up all that I own
If she’d only hurry back home
I’m kinda lost without her
Lost a wonderful girl
Won’t the finder please return her to me
- I have been waiting in vain
Hoping to hear once again
Her sweet voice calling to me
I wonder where she can be
My feelings I can’t disguise
Ev’ryone reads in my eyes
They see that I’m all upset
Seems I can’t forget
There’s but one thing to do, advertise
Sung here by Fred Feild: