Jerome Kern

“ Refrain Daisy, Daisy,
Tell me all you know.
Ev'ry time I pluck a petal,
Secrets you can show.
Daisy, Daisy,
Tell me all you see.
There's a question you can settle:
Does the one I love, love me? ”

“ Your form is girlish in its slenderness
You've got a mother's smile of tenderness.
I hear your laugh,
it's like an April morn.
I see you weep
a tiny pearl is born
I breathe your name,
And find the vision has flown. ”

“ HENRY (Spoken) Going up! going up!
CHORUS We see them there
Just as they used to be.
A happy pair
they go contentedly.
The motor hums a merry bridal tune
As they begin their second honeymoon without a care
for what may lie before
Resolved to dare. ”

“ Wouldn't you regard with loathing,
Hats and coats and underclothing,
If you hadn't got to bed till half-past two?
A shopgirl in the city is deserving of your pity,
Of pleasure life for her is not a whirl. ”

“ It's always the same,
Ev'ry day, It's always the same.
Our little chats, we have to stop.
When we hear someone shouting "Shop!"
We're oppressed, it's simply not right,
Get no rest from morning till night. ”

“ By a man with scrubby whiskers, you'll be kissed upon your birthday,
It's a sure, sure sign!
Verse 2 This little verse is in the cause of temperance,
For drink is a curse, that's why we put it down. ”

“ Opening Chorus GIRLS, MEN.The weary sun has fled, and the day is o'er.
The moon reigns in his stead over sea and shore.
The soothing shadows fall like a cool caress
And darkness covers all, bringing happiness. ”

“ But when they started joshing him,
His pride, it didn't injure.
He'd simply say
"Ah, fade away!"
He knew that he had ginger.
Refrain Napoleon, Napoleon,
They thought him quite a joke.
"Hey! talke a slant at the little pill!" ”

“ I'd spend ev'ry day there,
If only the way there, I knew.
Verse 2 Happy lovers there are able
To hold hands beneath the table,
If they're caught embracing there is no one to grin.
No one pays the least attention ”

“ Verse 1 I've always said
that the man I would wed
must be one who would work all the time.
One with ambition,
Who'd make it his mission,
to win a position sublime.
One whose chief pleasure would be making a fortune for me ”

“ Oh, but I wonder for how long it will be.
If you find someday, you've altered your mind
I'd be forgiving, but simply could not go on living!
Ted. Men much handsomer you'll meet by the score,
Will you regret you never met them before? ”

“ We'll find you such a relief, you know,
When things have started to get too slow.
(Ted) Oh yes, we'll have lots of fun, although
Most careful how far we go.
(Girls) You're the nicest man in town. ”