LITTLE LADY MAKE BELIEVE
Nat Simon (m) Harry Tobias (l)  1936

as recorded by Dorothy Lamour  1936

also recorded by -
Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians '36
Bing Crosby with Eddie Dunstedter '38
Eddie Cantor (medley) '38
Gracie Fields '38
The Rhythm Quads & Myron Hanley with The California Ramblers '38
Eddy Arnold
Al Bowlly With Lew Stone & his Band
Billy Cotton & his Band
The Drifters
Arthur Tracy 


Goodness gracious,
Goodness little lady,
Standing right before my eyes!
Heaven only knows,
In these funny clothes,
You're so hard to recognise!

Dressed up in a gown that trails on the floor,
In a picture hat that you mommy wore,
Living in a world that you never saw,
My little lady make believe.

What a pair of shoes for two tiny feet!
And what a pair of gloves, why the fingers don't meet!
Posing in the gladness, your joy is complete,
My little lady make believe.

In your tiny arms, the doll you unfold
Means the world and all to you,
But you could never love the doll that you hold
half as much as I love you,
Mommy's baby!

Dream your little dreams, and may they come true,
May the coming years bring happiness too.
All my future dreams are wrapped up in you,
My little lady make believe.

Dream your little dreams, and may they come true,
May the coming years bring joy and gladness too.
All my future dreams are wrapped right in my heart for you,
My little lady make believe.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - April 2013)