A popular song from 1878.
words and music by H.A.H. von Ograff
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- My name is Mister Phonograph
And I’m not so very old
My father he’s called Edison
And I’m worth my weight in gold
The folks they just yell into my mouth
And now I’m saying what’s true
For just speak to me, I’ll speak it back
And you’ll see I can talk like you
Chorus
My name is Mister Phonograph
And I’m not so very old
My father he’s called Edison
And I’m worth my weight in gold
My father he’s called Edison
And I’m worth my weight in gold
- I’m the fruit of modern sciences
(The bud was hard to raise)
But “sprouts” and num’rous “Phono”graphs
Are accepted with goodly praise
Now silence no longer is golden
And “words” like Truth shall not fail
And I sing to you, as I make by bow
For Edison’s Phonograph hail
Sung here by Fred Feild: