A 1916 popular song.
Words by William Jerome.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I know a baker, a cookie maker
Who created lots of dances
He keeps inventing, experimenting
He is always taking chances
One dance so noted is sugar coated
It seems to entrance
I know it’s bound to win fame
It’s got the funniest name
It’s called the sweet old cookie dance
Chorus
Keep floating through the air
Sway like a rocking chair
Sweet cookie, sweet cookie
The sweetest dance upon the bill of fare
You dust your lady’s shoe
She pins a rose on you
If you want to enter through the door
Bring a sugared cookie from the store
And sprinkle all the sugar on the ballroom floor
Sweet cookie dance
2. This dance inventor and foot tormentor
Soon became a big sensation
It’s most surprising, this exercising
Was the rage of all the nation
In place of baking, he now is making
Real money each day
You must confess, that it’s new
So let me teach it to you
You have to do it just this way
Sung here by Fred Feild: