A 1923 popular song.
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II and William Cary Duncan.
Music by Vincent Youmans.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I guess it’s silly, confess it’s silly
To have to say good-bye
But oh it sounds so lonesome
It almost makes me cry
I’m always tearful, just sort of fearful
When happy days are past
That good-bye spoken when ties are broken
Maybe will be the last
And so I say good-bye another way
But this is what I’m thinking when I say
Refrain
Toodle-oo, I’ll be never weary dearie
Being true to you, true as blue
Toodle-oo ev’ry day
I’ll send a tender thought or two to you
Rush it thru
Toodle-oo, someone’s gonna find
A kind o’ loving new to you
You know who, too
Toodle-oo, my undying love is flying
Honey Dew to you, Toodle-oo
- Your information, your explanation
They thrill me I confess
Maybe her good-bye message
Was just a sweet caress
I’m going to dream so to make it seem
So at last I’m going to try
When dew is falling, I’ll hear her calling
That wonderful good-bye
Till we meet again on some happy day
I’ll think of her and then I’ll hear her say
Sung here by Fred Feild: