I MISS MY SWISS, MY SWISS MISS MISSES ME
Abel Baer (m) L Wolfe Gilbert (l)  1922

also rec by-

Harry Reser & his Orch - 1925
The California Ramblers - 1925
The Happiness Boys (Billy Jones & Ernest Hare) - 1925
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (vocal: John Sperzel) - 1925
Fletcher Henderson's Southern Serenaders (vocal: Billy Jones) - 1925
Golden Gate Orch. (vocal: Arthur Fields) - 1925
Tennessee Happy Boys (vocal: Arthur Hall) - 1925
The Two Gilberts - 1925
Ted Lewis & His Band (Instr.) - 1925
Carlyle Stevenson's Bon Ton Orch. (Instr.) - 1925
Edison Bell Dance Orch. (Instr.) - 1925
Louis Lynel - 1926 (French title "J'ai Perdu ma Suissesse")
Kenny Roberts & The Pinetoppers - 1951
Ronnie Ronalde - 1951

Also recorded by:
Louis Armstrong; Max McCauley; Wilf Carter; Homocord-Tanz-Orch.;
Yodeling Slim Clark; Jerry Jacka Trio; Eddie Peabody; Fritz Schroeder; 
Carl Fenton's Orch.; Dixy Dance Orch.; Fud Candrix ............ and others.


as rec by John Sperzel (vocal) & Fritz Zimmerman (yodel) 
w Paul Whiteman & his Orch  
Aug 12th 1925 New York

I miss my Swiss, 
My Swiss miss misses me,
I miss the bliss
That Swiss kiss gives to me.
I hear her yodeling sweet mel-l-l-l-odies,
Like the birds, like the bees
In the Schweitzer trees.

And if papa makes watches that are Swiss,
That's why he watches me like this!

I lost her in the mountains,
In the mountains she must be;
I miss my Swiss, 
My Swiss miss misses me!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2011)


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As recorded by BILLY JONES & ERNEST HARE (THE HAPPINESS BOYS):


EH: Say, bill, the title of this little song is "I Miss My Swiss", isn't it?
BJ:  Yes, but it has nothing at all to do with Swiss cheese, Ernie.
EH: That just reminds me, Bill. What was it you said to that delicatessen 
store man last night about that Limburger cheese?
BJ:  I said to him, "How do you sell that Limburger cheese?"
And he said, "That's something I often wondered myself"
EH: Hah-hah-hah-hah-hah. Well, we'll sing "I Miss My Swiss"
BJ:  All right!

BJ:
He was a mountain climber
And, oh, how the boy could climb
In cold July he climed so high
Believe me, I don't lie
He almost touched the sky
EH: And here's the reason why

BJ:
She was a shepherd's daughter
Who lived on the highest peak
Where he'd chase her and she'd chase him
And they'd play hide-and-seek

EH:
One day he lost his sweetheart
He looked for her in vain
And now this mountain climber
BOTH: He's singing this refrain

BOTH:
I miss (I miss) my Swiss (my Swiss)
My Swiss miss misses me
I miss (I miss) the bliss (the bliss) 
That Swiss kiss gives to me

EH: I hear a yodeling sweet melody
BJ:  Oh-da-lay-ee-tee
EH: Like the birds and the bees
BJ: From the Sweitzer tree

BOTH:
Her dear (Her dear) Papa (Papa)
Makes watches that are Swiss
That's why (That's why)
He watches me like this

BJ:
I lost her in the mountains
In the mountains she must be
BOTH:
I miss (I miss) my Swiss (my Swiss)
My Swiss miss misses me

EH: Pretty song, isn't it?
BJ:  Very catchy, Ernie

BJ:
He was a bear in snowshoes
And, oh, how the boy could ski
He'd ski away, he'd ski all day
He'd ski without a guide
EH: 
And she'd ski by his side
When they'd ski for a ride

BJ:
No wonder he's brokenhearted
He's lonesome as he can be
There's no one now to call his own
And he can't ski alone

EH:
He gave up mountain climbing
He couldn't stand the strain
And now he's washing windows
BOTH: And singing this refrain

BJ:
Hey, that's quite a drop, isn't it, Ernie,
from a mountain climber down to a window washer
EH: 
Hah-hah. I should say it is!
Say, Bill, I like the chorus of this song, and I think
that you could ding a good obli-obli, what d'you...
BJ:  Obligatoo?
EH: Eh, no, I mean obligoblum. Will we sing it, Bill?
BJ:  Yes, all right
EH: All right

EH:
I miss my Swiss, my Swiss miss misses me
I miss the bliss that Swiss kiss gives to me
She was a working girl, down on her knees
In her yard, working hard
BJ:  Punching holes in cheese

EH:
I looked for her, I nearly broke my scalp
I tripped and skipped from Alp to Alp
BJ:
There must be other climbers
Who could tell where she could be
EH: I miss my Swiss (My Swiss)
BOTH: My Swiss miss misses me



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2017)