A 1905 popular song from the musical extravaganza “The Woggle Bug”.
Words by L. Frank Baum.
Music by Frederic Chapin.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When a Princess grand I used to be
A poor young man made love to me
For my name and wealth he didn’t care
I’d enough for two and some to spare
He declared tho’ born unto a throne
He would surely win me for his own
In spite of bolts and bars and jolts
He sang in silvery tune
Refrain
My little Maid of Oz
I love you, dear, because
Your eyes so bright are my delight
You’re the sweetest ever was
And in spite of stern Papas
And of dignified Mamas
You just can bet, I’ll win you yet
My little Maid of Oz
- So, they locked me up within a tower
But the young man came one midnight hour
With lots of hope and a coil of rope
To beg me to with him elope
But he woke up Pa and Ma and Jim
And the whole caboodle jumped on him
He was led away to a dungeon grey
But still I heard him say
Sung here by Vancha March: