From the musical “What’s in a name?”, 1920.
Words by John Murray Anderson and Jack Yellen.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When I’m in doubt about something
No maatter what it may be
My Ouija board is the one thing
That has the answer for me
It has mystic ways of making spooks appear
When they’re near I ask them all of my questions
Then of a sudden I hear
Chorus
Rap! Tap-a-tap! Tap-a-tap! comes a spooky little knock
Like the tick of a clock
I can tell by the rapping Tap-tap-tap-ing
There in the air, here and there
Rapping ev’rywhere they go
Two knocks mean “yes” and one little knock means “no
So, whatever you want to know Let me suggest
When you’re dressed in your nightie and your cap
That you get a little Ouija
And wait for the spooks to rap-a-tap-a-tap-a-tap-a-tap
- There’s someone I love a whole lot
But when he’s out of my sight
I’m always anxious to know what
He’s doing every night
So I take my Ouija turn the lights down low
When I know, the spooks are near me
I ask them and what they tell me is so
Sung here by Fred Feild: