A popular song from 1911
Words and music by E. Ray Goetz and Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Girlie, cuddle near me
Girlie, won’t you hear me?
I’ve been feeling blue
Ring the final curtain
For I’m more than certain
I’m in love with you
Like my Yankee Father, Girlie
I would rather die than prove untrue
Fearless, undenying, Yankee never dying
Love I bear for you
Chorus:
Red, White and Blue, love
Real all for you, love
All through and through, love
Real Yankee Doodle Doo, love
Honest and true, love
I bring to you, love
Old Kentucky, Alabama
Mississippi, Lou’siana
Yankee love
- Girlie, flags are waving
My poor heart’s behaving
Like a house on fire
Church-bells gayly ringing
Mean I’ll soon be bringing
Home my heart’s desire
Thoughts of care or sorrow
Will be dead tomorrow when you wear my ring
Ere the morn arouses
From the tops of houses
To the world I’ll sing
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: