LITTLE MAN WITH THE CANDY CIGAR
Matt Dennis (m) Frank Kilduff (l)  1941

as rec by Jo Stafford w Tommy Dorsey & his Orch  1941


What a pensive mood for such a little man,
Sittin' all alone, chin cupped in your hand.
Don't let me disturb your dreamin',
Better do your dreamin' while you can!

Little man with the candy cigar,
How I wonder what your dreams are!
Would you ride a white horse to Banbury Cross,
Or do you just wish for a star?

All the smoke rings you blow, they seem so real;
Little man, I know just how you feel!
I know, little laddie,
For you're so like your daddy,
Who was once a little man with a candy cigar.

I know, little laddie,
For you're so like your daddy,
Who was once a little man with a candy cigar.




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2011)