a 1903 popular song from “The School Girl”
words and music by Leslie Stuart
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
1. Mamie if you’ve nothing’ else to do, ma Mamie girl
I’m going to give an invitation
For to come along o’ me (In my little canoe)
Mamie, it’ll carry me an’ you
And that’s enough for a nice flirtation
As you’re sitting in your lonesome
In your lonesome with me
I’ve got so much to say, and I’m forgetting how
I’ve such a tale as no one knows
I’d better say to you the very last thing now
So while the light of love is ling’ring
In your little languid eyes
Mamie won’t you come along o’ me
Where the iris grow?
Mamie, I’ve a little Canoe
Room for me, my Mamie, and you
I’ll paddle along and rock you in my cradle (my little canoe)
Mamie, you’ll have nothin’ to do
And when I’ve told my worries to you
Then, Mamie we might canoodle we two (In my little canoe)
2. Mamie if you never say a word, ma Mamie girl
It’s just a little consolation
If you come along o’ me (In my little canoe)
Mamie, won’t you think a little thought
Ma Mamie girl? In your hesitation
For to be my little cargo
In its lonesome with me
You don’t know what it is to not know what to say
Well, that’s my case the long, long day
But when we’re paddling home in dusk of night alone
And while the light will shine like rubies
From your little fairy eyes
Mamie, that will be a chance for me
For to say ma say
Sung here by Fred Feild: