From the musical “Just Because”, 1922.
Words by Helen S. Woodruff.
Music by Madelyn Sheppard.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m my daddy’s youngest little girl
He (and mother) gave unto the world
Nine beautiful females
Who must marry he males
Yet they are always hiding me away
Now how the dickens does my Dad expect me
To express myself so some man can collect me
If I don’t get a chance to even look at pants
When I’m eighteen summers old if I’m a day?
Refrain
I’m old enough to have a feeling
Which will come a-stealing o’er
You when alone
My tender heart goes palpitating
When I’m contemplating some one for my own
Just to see a derby hat
Makes my heart go pit-a-pat
Boarding school contaminates you
Travelling round invigorates you
But the thing that educates you
Is love
- There’s a wealthy healthy man I dote on
He, (no other) I would ever vote on
To be my kiddies daddy
If if only had he
Just popped the question in my little ear
Now how the dickens can I make him love me
When even though I vote he’s far above me?
If woman could propose, I’d ask him if he knows
Why I have that lovely feeling when he’s near
Refrain
Oh oh! that lovely, lovely feeling
Which will come a-stealing
If you’re not alone
For it would make my glad heart wiggle
If I’d talk and giggle
To one all my own
Just to see his derby hat
Makes my heart go pit-a-pat
Loneliness contaminates you
Having friends invigorates you
But the thing that educates you
Is love just simply love
Sung here by Fred Feild: