WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE ME FOR A SWEETHEART?
>From the Broadway Show "The Yankee Tourist" (1907)
(Alfred George Robyn / Wallace Irwin)


Helen Hale, Flora Zabelle & Eva Fallon (Broadway Production) - 1907 
Ada Jones & Billy Murray - 1908
Harry MacDonough & Elise Stevenson - 1908
Ada Jones - 1908




BILLY MURRAY:
All the girls, they treat me spiteful, frightful
All the girls are cruel and cold
ADA JONES:
I am neither haughty, neither changeable or naughty
I've a heart as good as gold
BILLY MURRAY:
Other boys have sweethearts plenty, twenty
I wonder what they do
ADA JONES:
Would it make you happy if I said I want a chappie
Just to come and woo me, woo me too


AJ: Wouldn't you like to have me for a sweetheart
BM: Wouldn't you like to have me for a beau
AJ: Wouldn't you like to whisper me your secrets
BM: About as well as any girl I know


BM: Wouldn't you like to meet me in the starlight
AJ: Wouldn't you like to have my sympathy
BOTH:
Wouldn't you like the conversation
Wouldn't you like the consolation of a little girl/boy like me


BILLY MURRAY:
Do you fear if he is tender, slender
Or if he is short or stout
ADA JONES:
Any handsome fellow, be his hair just black or yellow
He will suit my tastes, no doubt
BILLY MURRAY:
Silver bells will then be ringing, swinging
Never jangled out of tune
ADA JONES:
Oh, I would be happy if you'd only be my chappie
And we'd go upon our honeymoon


AJ: Wouldn't you like to have me for a sweetheart
BM: Wouldn't you like to have me for a beau
AJ: Wouldn't you like to whisper me your secrets
BM: About as well as any girl I know


BM: Wouldn't you like to meet me in the starlight
AJ: Wouldn't you like to have my sympathy
BOTH:
Wouldn't you like the conversation
Wouldn't you like the consolation of a little girl/boy like me




(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2006)




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Solo recording by ADA JONES:




Other girls may treat you spiteful, frightful
Others may be cruel and cold
I am neither haughty, neither changeable or naughty
I've a heart as good as gold


Other girls have sweethearts plenty, twenty
I wonder what they do
Wouldn't I be happy if I had a proper chappie
Just to come and woo me, woo me too


Wouldn't you like to have me for a sweetheart
Wouldn't you like to have me for a beau
Wouldn't you like to whisper me your secrets
About as well as any girl you know


Wouldn't you like to meet me in the starlight
Wouldn't you like to have my sympathy
Wouldn't you like the conversation
Wouldn't you like the consolation of a little girl like me


I don't care if he is tender, slender
Or if he is short or stout
Any handsome fellow, be his hair just black or yellow
I would suit his taste, no doubt


Silver bells will then be ringing, swinging
Never jangled out of tune
Oh, I would be happy if I only had a chappie
And we'd go upon a honeymoon


Wouldn't you like to have me for a sweetheart
Wouldn't you like to have me for a beau
Wouldn't you like to whisper me your secrets
About as well as any girl you know


Wouldn't you like to meet me in the starlight
Wouldn't you like to have my sympathy
Wouldn't you like the conversation
Wouldn't you like the consolation of a little girl like me




(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2006)