a 1912 popular song
words by L. Wolfe Gilbert
music by Lewis F. Muir
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Night has fallen, lights are low
Shadows they creep, baby’s asleep
All at once there comes a squall
The baby has started to bawl
Wifie has said “Jim leave the bed
Tootsie has wakened” so once more
You take baby in your arms
You hum while you’re walking the floor
Chorus
That ragtime walk with baby, baby, baby
You rock and rock with baby
Like some one older, rests her head upon your shoulder
You don’t have to change the baby’s lullaby
She won’t cry, don’t you try
Eyes you’re rubbing, toes you’re stubbing
Ragging the baby to sleep
2. Broke the bottle filled with milk
You’re feeling bad, that makes you mad
Then the baby starts to weep
How will you get her to sleep?
You hum and croon an old-fashioned tune
Just then a thought seems to strike you
You know now what baby wants
She has the ragtime craze, too
Sung here by Fred Feild: