A popular song from 1909
Words and music by Jos. H. McKeon, Harry M. Piano, W. Raymond Walker
(with lyrics rewritten by an uncredited Irving Berlin)
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Now Sweet Flo and Joe
With lights burning low
Sat spooning as all lovers do
Her wee sister Rose
Stood on her tip toes
And eagerly kept peeping through
Oh my, oh what bliss
She soon heard them kiss
As he gently called her “my dear”
The very next day
When Flo came her way
She whispered these words in her ear:
Chorus
Oh! what I know about you
Oh! what I know about you
Don’t say you didn’t ’cause I overheard
Honest to goodness, I won’t say a word
Oh! what I know about you
Something that I wouldn’t do
Far be it from me
To repeat what I see
But, oh! what I know about you
- Next evening when Joe
Called ’round to see Flo
He found little Rose all alone
In her cunning way
He soon heard her say
“My sister said she’s not at home”
Her face wore a grin
She said, “Please come in”
Poor Joseph, oh my, what he saw
There sat pretty Flo
With her other beau
Rose cried to her sister once more
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: