BRING BACK THOSE WONDERFUL DAYS
(Darl Mac Boyle / Nat Vincent) (1919)


You've heard of the lamp of Aladdin 
what wonderful things it could do if I had it today, 
I'd rub it and say here's all that I want of you, 
Oh won't you

That wonderful lamp of the fable brought jewels and treasures galore 
if Aladdin lived now, 
I feel that somehow these are the things he'd ask for, 
Oh won't you

Chorus 1
Bring back those happy days of childhood, 
won't you bring back the lane down in the wildwood 
that would lead us to the dear old swimming pool 
everytime that we played hooky on the way to school, 
oh, bring back the simple girls in gingham, 
won't you bring back the good old songs and sing 'em 
what a joy 't would be both for you and me 
could we bring back those wonderful days.

Chorus 2
Bring back the dinners for a quarter, 
won't you bring back the milk without the water 
and the great big thick and tender juicy steaks 
long before our limit was a tack of victr'y cakes 
oh, bring back the eggs at ten a dozen 
won't you bring back the bread that wheat once was in 
you can laugh and joke but we're all dead broke, 
won't you bring back those wonderful days.

Chorus 3
Bring back the pantomimes of Hanlon, 
won't you bring back the lullabies of Scanlon 
and the friends who always take you out and treat 
and the janitors who used to give us lots of heat, 
oh, bring back the days before the "Gimmies" 
won't you bring back the dance without the "Shimmies" 
drinking ginger ale makes us weak and pale 
won't you bring back those wonderful days.