LITTLE PAL
From the film "Say It With Songs" (1929)
(Lew Brown / Buddy De Sylva / Ray Henderson / Al Jolson)

Al Jolson (Film Soundtrack) - 1929
Gene Austin - 1929
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (vocal: Bing Crosby) - 1929
John McCormack - 1929
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers - 1929

Also recorded by: Paul Robeson; Jimmy Roselli;
Jimmy Mazzy & Eli Newberger; Michael Ball.


Little Pal, if Daddy Goes away
Promise you'll be good from day to day
Do as Mother says and never sin
Be the man your Daddy might have been
Your Daddy didn't have an easy start
So this is the wish that's in my heart

What I couldn't be, Little Pal
I want you to be, Little Pal
I want you to laugh and to sing and to play
And be good to Mother while Daddy's away

Each night how I'll pray, Little Pal
That you'll turn out right, Little Pal
So till we meet again
Heaven knows where or when
Pray for me now and then, Little Pal


(Contributed by Henry Watkinson - October 2002)