A popular song from 1931
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert
Music by Jesse Greer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Isn’t she attractive?
Don’t she strike your eye
Don’t she make you turn your head
As she passes by?
You may think she’s happy
Looks deceive you so
All her smiles are make believe
I happen to know
Chorus
She’s a lonely little no one
Because she trusted and believed in someone
That’s all the wrong she did
Poor Kid, Poor Kid
Tho’ the tie that binds is broken
The name of who’s to blame remains unspoken
In spite of all he did
Poor Kid, Poor Kid
In other arms she tries to forget his fond embrace
And every night she dances
With someone else in his place
It’s a game of just pretending
Because the wrong without a hope of mending
Within her heart she hid
Poor Kid, Poor Kid
- Isn’t she a wonder?
Smiling through her tears
Greets the world with happy face
Each time she appears
Since you’ve learned her story
You must sympathize
Who are we to judge her ways
‘Till we realize
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: