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Keep Your Head Down, Fritzi Boy

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Title
Keep Your Head Down, Fritzi Boy (We Saw You) - Lyrics
Composer
  • Murphy, C. W.  
  • David, Norton  
Lyricist
  • Murphy, C. W.  
  • David, Norton  
Publisher
T. B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • Keep Your Head Down, Fritzi Boy (Hold your Hand Out, Naughty Boy) Verse: At the club one ev’ning Jones was telling all his pals, How much he hated girls, despis’d their golden curls. “You wouldn’t catch me with a girl, you bet your life!” said he, “Girls possess no charms for me.” Then one chap there at Jones began to leer, Pick’d up his cane and said to him, “Come here!” Refrain 1: Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Last night in the pale moon-light, I saw yer! I saw yer! With a nice girl in the park, You were strolling full of joy, And you told her you’d never kissed a girl before. Hold your hand out naughty boy! Verse: Brown got down to breakfast, and his wife said to him, “What kept you late last night?” He answer’d “that’s alright
  • I stay’d down at the office dear, for just an hour or two I’d some pressing work to do.” Just then the saucy servant standing near, Stoop’d down and softly whisper’d in his ear, Refrain 1: Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Last night in the pale moon-light, I saw yer! I saw yer! With a nice girl in the park, You were strolling full of joy, And you told her you’d never kissed a girl before. Hold your hand out naughty boy! Verse: Sanctimonious Obadiah to sweet-heart May one night The tale was telling strong
  • Said he, “To flirt was wrong!” “And am I then the only girl you’ve love’d?” Said darling May. He replied, “Yea, sister, yea!” Then from beneath the sofa near the fire, Her little brother shouted “Obadiah!” Refrain 1: Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Last night in the pale moon-light, I saw yer! I saw yer! With a nice girl in the park, You were strolling full of joy, And you told her you’d never kissed a girl before. Hold your hand out naughty boy! Verse: All alone to Gay Paree on Bus’ness went papa, And when he landed back, his wife said, “Tell me, Jack, While you have been in Paris have you always thought of me?” “Always, darling!” murmur’d he. “For you, love, I’ve been pining night and day.” And then the gramophone began to play, Refrain 1: Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Last night in the pale moon-light, I saw yer! I saw yer! With a nice girl in the park, You were strolling full of joy, And you told her you’d never kissed a girl before. Hold your hand out naughty boy! Refrain 2 (*Special Soldier Chorus): Keep your head down, Fritzie Boy! Keep your head down, Fritzie Boy! Late last night by the “star-shell” light we saw you! We saw you! You were fixing your barbed wire, When we opened up with rapid fire, If you want to see your father in the Fatherland, Keep your head down, Fritzie Boy!
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_409
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Keep Your Head Down, Fritzi Boy
Composer
  • David, Norton  
  • Murphy, C. W.  
Lyricist
  • David, Norton  
  • Murphy, C. W.  
Publisher
T. B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-03-18
Lyrics
  • I stay’d down at the office dear, for just an hour or two I’d some pressing work to do.” Just then the saucy servant standing near, Stoop’d down and softly whisper’d in his ear, Refrain 1: Hold your hand out, naughty boy!
  • Keep Your Head Down, Fritzi Boy (Hold your Hand Out, Naughty Boy) Verse: At the club one ev’ning Jones was telling all his pals, How much he hated girls, despis’d their golden curls. “You wouldn’t catch me with a girl, you bet your life!” said he, “Girls possess no charms for me.” Then one chap there at Jones began to leer, Pick’d up his cane and said to him, “Come here!” Refrain 1: Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Last night in the pale moon-light, I saw yer! I saw yer! With a nice girl in the park, You were strolling full of joy, And you told her you’d never kissed a girl before. Hold your hand out naughty boy! Verse: Brown got down to breakfast, and his wife said to him, “What kept you late last night?” He answer’d “that’s alright
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_409
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleKeep Your Head Down, Fritzi Boy
Composer
  • David, Norton  
  • Murphy, C. W.  
Lyricist
  • David, Norton  
  • Murphy, C. W.  
PublisherT. B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-03-18
Lyrics
  • I stay’d down at the office dear, for just an hour or two I’d some pressing work to do.” Just then the saucy servant standing near, Stoop’d down and softly whisper’d in his ear, Refrain 1: Hold your hand out, naughty boy!
  • Keep Your Head Down, Fritzi Boy (Hold your Hand Out, Naughty Boy) Verse: At the club one ev’ning Jones was telling all his pals, How much he hated girls, despis’d their golden curls. “You wouldn’t catch me with a girl, you bet your life!” said he, “Girls possess no charms for me.” Then one chap there at Jones began to leer, Pick’d up his cane and said to him, “Come here!” Refrain 1: Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Hold your hand out, naughty boy! Last night in the pale moon-light, I saw yer! I saw yer! With a nice girl in the park, You were strolling full of joy, And you told her you’d never kissed a girl before. Hold your hand out naughty boy! Verse: Brown got down to breakfast, and his wife said to him, “What kept you late last night?” He answer’d “that’s alright
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_409
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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