I WANT A GIRL (JUST LIKE THE GIRL THAT MARRIED DEAR OLD DAD)
(Music: Harry Von Tilzer / Lyrics: William Dillon)
Walter Van Brunt & American Quartet - 1911
Dorothy Ward - 1918
Ella Retford - 1924
Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Constance Moore & Joan Davis
(feat. in the film "Show Business") - 1944
Spike Jones & His City Slickers (vocal: Beauregard Lee) - 1944
Al Jolson (feat. in the film "The Jolson Story") - 1946
Frankie Carle & His Orch. - 1948
Ethel Merman - 1955
The Four Lovers feat. Frankie Valli - 1956
Jimmy Roselli - 1981
Dave Brennan's Jubilee Jazzband - 1991
Brian Hefferan - 2004
Robert Creighton - 2011
Also recorded by:
The Mellomen; Fireside Singers; Tiny Hill & His Orch.; John White;
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians; Frank Costa & His Freeloaders;
Jesse Fuller; Ian Whitcomb; Liberace; The Firehouse Five Plus Two;
Mike Goetz & The Harlem Ramblers Dixieland Jazzband; Bob Kames;
The Buffalo Bills; The Cliff Adams Singers; Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen;
.............. and many others.
When I was a boy, my Mother often said to me
Get married boy and see how happy you will be
I have looked all over, but no girlie can I find
Who seems to be just like the little girl I have in mind
I will have to look around until the right one I have found
I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad
She was a pearl and the only girl that Daddy ever had
A good old fashioned girl with heart so true
One who loves nobody else but you
I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad
By the old mill stream there sit a couple old and grey
Though years have rolled away, their hearts are young today
Mother dear looks up at Dad with love light in her eye
He steals a kiss, a fond embrace, while evening breezes sigh
They're as happy as can be, so that's the kind of love for me
I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad
She was a pearl and the only girl that Daddy ever had
A good old fashioned girl with heart so true
One who loves nobody else but you
Oh, I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2014)
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As recorded by SPIKE JONES & HIS CITY SLICKERS:
I wanna gal just like the gal that married dear old Dad
Now she was a pal, and the only gal that Daddy ever had
A sweet old fashioned gal with eyes so blue
One that loves nobody else but you
Yessir, I need a gal just like the gal that married dear old Dad
(Musical Break)
A sweet old fashioned gal with heart so true
One that loves nobody else but you
Now Joe's got a gal just like that gal that married his dear old Dad.
(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - 2005)
