A popular song from 1919.
Words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young.
Music by Walter Donaldson.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Talk of baby vampires
Well, here’s one that I know
Her beau lived right below
In a two-flight bungalow
She knew the way to “vamp” him
This baby wasn’t slow
He followed her like “Mary’s lamb”
Wherever she would go
Chorus:
Up-stairs and down
Up-stairs and down
He kept pleading for a kiss
Like a silly clown
The reason why they’re married
Is whispered all around
He tripped and fell while running after her
Up-stairs and down
- Life is like a see-saw
It’s full of ups and downs
One day misfortune frowns
And then good luck makes her rounds
This vamp mad life a study
She knew her P’s and Q’s
While wearing out his lonely heart
She wore out all his shoes
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: