From “Just Imagine”, 1930.
Words and music by B. G. De Sylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Pardon me if I seem high hat
To the girl who now holds sway
I can only take off my hat
To the girl of yesterday
Maybe I’m old fashioned
But I admire so
The type that blossomed fifty years ago
Refrain
There’s something about an old fashioned girl
That brings back the long, long ago
My heart sings the praise of her lovely ways
And envies her old fashioned beau
The modern miss I know would be glad
To have the charm that my grandmother had
So you paint the town
While I settle down
With an old fashioned girl that I know