Won't You Be My Playmate? 1908 'Little Nemo'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Jun 2004

Let's go a driving in the Park,
just like the grownups do,
in a goat cart gay we will dash away
there'll be room for just us two.
We don't need an automobile,
for style we will not strive,
better clear the truck
when our whips we crack,
as our prancing goats we drive.

Won't you be my playmate?
Be my very best friend,
I'll give you all my very best toys
and all my money to spend.
Let's you and I get married,
Our secret that will be,
I want a little sweetheart just like you,
don't you want one like me?

Let's go a walking in the Park,
just like the couples we know.
In a shady walk we will laugh and talk
like my sister and her beau.
On a bench we'll linger awhile,
and spoon with no one near.
We will watch and wait till the hour grows late,
and the moon and stars appear.

Won't you be my playmate?
Be my very best friend,
I'll give you all my very best toys
and all my money to spend.
Let's you and I get married,
Our secret that will be,
I want a little sweetheart just like you,
don't you want one like me?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Won't You Be My Playmate? 1908
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
© MCMVIII by The Cohan & Harris Pub.Co. N.Y.C.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 22 June 2004 at 17.39
in association with Doug Grierson
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"Little Nemo" - Klaw & Erlanger's production,
Founded on the Cartoons by Windsor McCay.
Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Harry B. Smith.
Harry B. Smith Publication: New York:
Cohan & Harris Publishing Co., 115 West 42nd St., 1908
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