A 1911 popular song
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Molly’s dad and mother
Sister and her brother
Went to see an uncle
Leaving Molly all alone
Molly on her own hook
Took the telephone book
Soon Miss Central heard
This conversation o’er the phone
Now “Charlie, dear, I need your company
And if you want to prove your love for me”
Chorus
Meet me tonight, meet me tonight
Bring down your kisses
I’ll be there with mine, all right
We’ll start out at seven
Spoon until eleven
Then we’ll start for “Home Sweet Home’s”
A pretty ditty
Meet me tonight, meet me tonight
Don’t disappoint me, honor bright
Love and kisses we’ll be pawning
Till the yawning, dawning morning
If you meet me tonight
- Charlie met Miss Molly
They got feeling jolly
Talked a while, then walked a mile
Then had another talk
They grew tired of talking
They grew tired of walking
Then to make things lively
For a change they took a walk
That morning when he left her at the door
She whispered
“If you’d like to walk some more”
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: