[1st VERSE:] My honey, do you remember 'twas a December day I said that you would repent the day that you went away You turned as red as a ruby, much too good to be true You thought I'd sit around lonely thinking of only you Little you knew that [REFRAIN:] When you walked out someone else walked right in Someone with good news Stepped right in your shoes Somebody else took your place on my knee Another sweetie in clover fussin' all over me I saw that you grew so cold, love So what could I do? Off with the old love And on with the new When you walked out Honey I just had to grin You left the door wide open and Somebody else walked in [2nd VERSE:] A happy couple were we two while you were sweet to me But now I'm sending bad news to my little used to be You thought the minute you'd shake me that it would make me blue And I would sit around lonely thinking of only you Little you knew that
[1st VERSE:] Singing is a part of ev'ry creature Ev'rybody likes to hum a tune Let me be your little singing teacher I've prepared your lesson You can learn it soon [REFRAIN:] Strike a key and begin with do Do re mi and the rest you know One, two, three, come along, let's go Climbing up the scales Oh, what fun going up and when That's all done you go down and then Ev'ryone should begin again Climbing up the scales A tenor or a soprano Can try it on a piano Strike a key and begin with do Do re mi and the rest you know One, two, three, come along, let's go Climbing up the scales [2nd VERSE:] In this very ordinary chorus There's an old effect that never fails So we'll ask you to do something for us While we sing the chorus You go up the scales
[VERSE:] There's a brand new step That they call the strut Listen, my dear, you'll make a dancing "rep" If you do the strut Anyone here can do it There's nothing to it I know that you have done Ev'ryone Of the diff'rent dances The waltz and the lanciers But [REFRAIN:] You oughta learn to do the strut You'd better leave your house or hut Before the dancing halls are shut And you will go right off your nut 'Bout that new step That easy to do step If you'll be led I'll show you how it's done Just throw back your head And then You step around just like a hen To all the girls and dancing men I wanna say just once again It isn't hard to do so when You've begun it Don't stop till you've done it A jazzy tune and pretty soon You're gonna find yourself struttin' around
[1st VERSE:] Butterfly, without a single care You flit from here to there Your heart is ev'rywhere Fluttering about from boy to boy Filling your heart with joy Playing with each new toy [REFRAIN:] Butterfly, little butterfly Flitting 'round from flow'r to flower Each time you change your mind You leave a lonely heart behind You play your part with a new sweetheart 'Til you have him in your power And then you flutter away To leave him crying all day Come back, little butterfly [2nd VERSE:] Butterfly, take warning while you may Youth only lasts a day Blossoms and fades away There will come a morning when you'll cry Poor little butterfly You know the reason why
[VERSE:] I have seen each and ev'ry queen In the fashion shows I've seen them pose In lovely clothes But the best is the maiden dressed In a costume made of mesh Dressed in her new creation She'll cause a big sensation [REFRAIN:] Maid of mesh In a gown all made of mesh All the boys are wild over you Maid of mesh In a plat'num setting You will soon be getting All the love and petting too You'll find that Tommy, Harry, Freddy and Paul Have tripped and slipped and now they're getting ready Right from the start Ev'ry fellow lost his heart To the pretty little maid of mesh all made of mesh
[VERSE:] I've a longing to go Where the oranges grow I know a cozy nest 'Way out west And I miss it so California my own Oh how lonely I've grown That's why I'm on the run To the one I left there all alone [REFRAIN:] Arm in arm we will rove Thro' a sweet orange grove Far away in California Like a bird I mean to fly west again And I'll hold her close to my breast again When the blossoms unfold And the green turns to gold Some fine day in California You'll see a happy girlie and a happy fellow 'Mid the fields of yellow In an orange grove
[VERSE:] Jazz dancing nowadays does not appeal to me I never cared about the jazzy melody I'd love to dance around a while But my kind of dance is out of style [REFRAIN:] I love to dance the dreamy waltz Of long ago When grand-mama and grand-papa Were girl and beau I can see them there dancing Such a happy pair romancing While gliding o'er The ballroom floor To the waltz of long ago