a popular song from 1917
words by Alfred Harrison
music by Jack Egan
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
1. The folks that live next door to me
Have a brand new baby
And it nearly drives me wild
When they rave about that child
All I ever hear it do is cry
But there’s another baby
As cute as it can be
Moved in today across the way
At number sixty three
And she’s made a hit with me
Chorus
She’s got a dog and cat a great big picture hat
All the boys just call her “Baby”
She’s got a dainty style and such a baby smile
The kind that makes you want to stick around a while
She’s got those dreamy eyes, and every time she sighs
You’d forget your family
The other evening in a cabaret we spent
When I saw the check I though it was the rent
But when the waiter came
She simply signed her name
That’s the kind of a baby for me
2. I never will forget the day
I first met my baby
She said, “Dear, where will we go?”
I said, “To a picture show”
But right away I knew that I was wrong
She called a great big auto
A chill ran down my spine
I wondered how I’d do it
On a dollar forty nine
‘Till she said, “This car is mine.”
Chorus
She’s got a dog and cat a great big picture hat
All the boys just call her “Baby”
She’s got that haughty stare
Her eyes say “Don’t you dare”
Her smile says “Come and kiss me, dearie, I don’t care”
She’s got those dreamy eyes, and every time she sighs
You’d forget your family
Last night I said, “My bankroll is an awful wreck”
She tossed a thousand dollar alimony check
She said, “No wait, don’t speak
I get them twice a week”
That’s the kind of a baby for me
Sung here by Fred Feild: