From “The Polish Wedding”, 1912
Words by George V. Hobart
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When a maid is in love
She will often sigh
Now and then she’ll cry
Rarely does she know the reason why
I may say that the men
Oft’ get frightened, too
When Love knocks them all askew
Willie, says that his love
Honest is and true
What do lovers do?
Often have I wished I really knew
Who am I to divulge
Secrets such as these
Though I’d dearly love to please
Refrain
Does he snuggle up beside you
With the lovelight in his eyes?
Does he slip his arm around you?
And fill the air with sighs?
Do you both, when no ones near you
Behave like coring turtle does?
If he seals such bliss with a kiss like this
You’re the only girl he loves
- When a maid is in love
Should she ever be
Seated on the knee
Of the man who calls her turtle dove?
Now and then it is done
So I have been told
By a man if he is bold
Willie, love then for me
Must be safely hid
For he never did
Anything to prove he has a knee
Who am I to divulge
Secrets such as these
Though I have a pair of knees