I'D GO BAREFOOT ALL WINTER LONG
Billy Moll / Keden

as rec by Helen Kane w Leonard Joy & his Band 
March 18th 1930 New York


Honey, I've a notion
That I could swim the ocean
To prove the great devotion
That I have for you.

I try not to show it,
And you may not know it,
But I'm so brave, my dear,
That my little heart has no fear!

I'd go and kill a lion
And I'd give a bee a sting,
I'd go barefoot all Winter long
If you'd fall for me in the Spring!

I, I ain't afraid of snakes, dear,
And little mice, they don't mean a thing!
Why, I'd go barefoot all Winter long
If you'd fall for me in the Spring!

Oh how I go for you, baby,
There's nothing I wouldn't do!
So help me, this is true, baby,
Ha-ha-ha!  I laugh at danger!

And I hear the truth within me,
Trying to have his fling!
Why, I'd go barefoot all Winter long
If you'd fall for me in the Spring!

Why, I'd even climb up on the Woolworth's Building,
I'd stand right out on the ledge and I'd sing
That I'd go barefoot all Winter long
If you'd fall for me in the Spring!

Why, I'd even fly up in an aeroplane,
I'd fly it without any tail or any wing1
I'd keep that aeroplane up in the sky all Winter long
If you'd fall for me in the Spring!  Mm-mm-mm.

Oh, I'd go over the limit for you, dear,
Proving the love that I feel!
And though I'd be through,
All black and blue, dear,
Ha-ha-ha!  I laugh at torture!

And all that I'd save on shoes, my dear,
We'll go, buy that ring!
When I go barefoot all Winter long
And you fall for me in the Spring!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - April 2009)