Soft, quaint, tender, and beautiful, 1901.
This song about a newborn is nice to sing around the piano in the parlor.
words by Frank L. Stanton
music by Ethelbert Nevin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
Sweetest little feller, everybody knows
Dunno what to call him, but he mighty like a rose
Lookin’ at his Mammy, wid eyes so shiny blue
Make you think that heaven is comin’ close to you
When he’s dar a-sleepin’, in his little place
Think I see de angels lookin’ through de lace
When de dark is fallin’, when de shadders creep
Den dey comes on toptoe, ter kiss ‘im in his sleep
Sung here by Fred Feild: