I Want A Doll 1918

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Jul 2004

When I was just a little kid
I had a million toys.
But when I saw a doll I just went wild
I'd hug and kiss and love it,
oh it brought a million joys.
In kiddieland when I was but a child
I heard my mother say
that daddy was that way
I must have taken after him,
for I'm that way today.

I want a doll
I want a baby doll
to play with me
to play with me
just like the dollies
they have in the Follies,
that roll their eyes,
and show surprise and that isn't all,
I want a doll
I want a baby doll,
won't some doll hear my call?
Some coy, sweet toy
that wants the love that's due her
Oh boy, oh joy,
won't some one lead me to her?
One not too green
you know what I mean
I want a great big beautiful doll.

I want a doll
I want a baby doll
to play with me
to play with me
I could admire some baby vampire,
who'd wisk her lamp
and be my vamp
and that isn't all
I want a doll
I want a baby doll,
some doll to make me fall.
Some coy, sweet joy
that has a lovely figure
oh boy, oh joy
I'm full of wim and wigor
one not too bold
and still not too cold
I want a great big beautiful doll.

Tho' I was crazy over dolls
my dear old dad was worse.
He'd hang around the nursery with me
when I would hug and kiss my doll,
my dad would grab my nurse
and hug and kiss
and bounce her on his knee.
Tho' father's getting gray,
he's just the same today.
The other night while in his sleep,
my mother heard him say.

I want a doll
I want a baby doll
to play with me
to play with me
just like the dollies
they have in the Follies,
that roll their eyes,
and show surprise and that isn't all,
I want a doll
I want a baby doll,
won't some doll hear my call?
Some coy, sweet toy
that wants the love that's due her
Oh boy, oh joy,
won't some one lead me to her?
One not too green
you know what I mean
I want a great big beautiful doll.

I want a doll
I want a baby doll
to play with me
to play with me
I could admire some baby vampire,
who'd wisk her lamp
and be my vamp
and that isn't all
I want a doll
I want a baby doll,
some doll to make me fall.
Some coy, sweet joy
that has a lovely figure
oh boy, oh joy
I'm full of wim and wigor
one not too bold
and still not too cold
I want a great big beautiful doll.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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I Want A Doll 1918
Lyrics by Ed. Moran & Vincent Bryan
Music by Harry von Tilzer
© MCMXVIII by Harry von Tilzer Mus.Pub.Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 21 July 2004 at 12.53
in association with Doug Grierson
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