CUDDLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER, LOVEY MINE
From the Broadway musical "Three Twins" (1908)
(Words: Otto A. Harbach /Music: Karl Hoschna)

Alice Yorke (Broadway Production) - 1908
Ada Jones & Billy Murray - 1908
Mary Martin (feat. in the film "Birth Of The Blues") - 1941
Dick Jurgens & His Orch. - 1942
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - 1943
Sammy Kaye & His Orch. (vocal: Don Cornell & Laura Leslie) - 1943
Charlie Spivak & His Orch. (vocal: Irene Day) - 1943
Betty Grable (feat. in the film "Coney Island") - 1943
Kay Armen & The Balladiers - 1943
Doris Day & Jack Smith - (feat. in the film "On Moonlight Bay") - 1951
Gordon MacRae - 1951
The McGuire Sisters - 1956
Julie London - 1957
Dean Martin - 1958
Vic Damone - 1959
K.T. Sullivan - 2001

Also recorded by:
Mary Stahl; Merle Travis; Louis Armstrong; Mary Martin;
Jimmy Roselli; Ginny Simms; Moms & Dads; Billy Crudup;
The Pied Pipers with Jo Stafford: ........ and others.



On the summer shore, where the breakers roar
Lovers sat on the glist'ning sand
And they talked of love while the moon above
And the stars seemed to understand
Then she grew more cold, and he grew more bold
Till she tho't that they had better go
But altho' he heard, he not even stirred
Only murmured in tones soft and low

Cuddle up a little closer, lovey mine
Cuddle up and be my little clinging vine
Like to feel your cheek so rosy
Like to make you comfy, cozy
'Cause I love from head to toesie, lovey mine

Then she deigned to rest on his manly chest
Her dear head with its flowing curls
And she said, "I'd stay on this lap for aye
How I envy the Capland girls!"
For Miss Esquimaux, 'mid the ice and snow
Has no steam-heat when he comes to call
Not a single glim, so it's up to him
To whisper in summer or fall

Cuddle up a little closer, lovey mine
Cuddle up and be my little clinging vine
Like to feel your cheek so rosy
Like to make you comfy, cozy
'Cause I love from head to toesie, lovey mine




(Contributed by Ae & Vs - May 2004)