Stick To Your Knitting

From the 1923 musical comedy “Mary Jane McKane”.
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II and William Carey Duncan.
Music by Herbert Stothart.

The sheet music:

Stick-To-Your-Knitting – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Stick_To_Your_Knitting – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. I’d knit and knit
    Till it seemed like “Kingdom come”
    Just do my bit
    Till my fingers all were numb
    How I used to wish that I could run away and play
    But mother used to smile and say

Refrain
“Just you stick to your knitting, dear
And the hours will run
Just you stay where you’re sitting, dear
And pretend it’s fun
Little fingers may ache
But bye and bye comes chocolate cake
And then a great big slice
Tastes twice as nice
When you know your knitting’s done”

  1. The boys I knew
    Used to whistle going by
    And tease me, too
    ‘Cause they said I was so shy
    Then they’d tell me I was tied to mother’s apron string
    But mother used to smile and sing

Sung here by Fred Feild: