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Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home

Title
Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home - Lyrics
Composer
Wendling, Pete  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Young, Joe  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home Verse: “Early to bed, early to rise,” I heard a mother say to her angel eyes
  • “Dream of your dad, my little lad, Don’t wake until the sun appears
  • in the skies,” “I hate the sunshine,” he said, “It makes me get out of bed. Refrain: Oh! how I wish I could sleep, until my daddy comes home
  • Oh! Mamma why must we always be, all alone? I miss him more ev’ry day, how can you ask me to play
  • You’re always sighing and crying, since he went away
  • Last night I heard daddy call, but I was dreaming, that’s all, He kissed me, and he said, go to bed, my own
  • ” Oh! Mamma, that’s when I thought, God made the night time too short
  • Oh! How I wish I could sleep, until my daddy comes home.” Verse: Two little eyes, dotted with tears, I heard a mother say to her angel eyes
  • two shoulders bear sorrow and care, A weight too great for just a baby in years, “Mamma,” the laddie explains, sunshine brings nothing but pains. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 18, Folder 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_547
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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Title
Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home
Composer
Wendling, Pete  
Lyricist
  • Young, Joe  
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-09-09
Lyrics
  • Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home Verse: “Early to bed, early to rise,” I heard a mother say to her angel eyes
  • two shoulders bear sorrow and care, A weight too great for just a baby in years, “Mamma,” the laddie explains, sunshine brings nothing but pains. Refrain
  • Oh! How I wish I could sleep, until my daddy comes home.” Verse: Two little eyes, dotted with tears, I heard a mother say to her angel eyes
  • ” Oh! Mamma, that’s when I thought, God made the night time too short
  • Last night I heard daddy call, but I was dreaming, that’s all, He kissed me, and he said, go to bed, my own
  • You’re always sighing and crying, since he went away
  • Oh! Mamma why must we always be, all alone? I miss him more ev’ry day, how can you ask me to play
  • in the skies,” “I hate the sunshine,” he said, “It makes me get out of bed. Refrain: Oh! how I wish I could sleep, until my daddy comes home
  • “Dream of your dad, my little lad, Don’t wake until the sun appears
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 18, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_547
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleOh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home
ComposerWendling, Pete  
Lyricist
  • Young, Joe  
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
PublisherWaterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-09-09
Lyrics
  • Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home Verse: “Early to bed, early to rise,” I heard a mother say to her angel eyes
  • two shoulders bear sorrow and care, A weight too great for just a baby in years, “Mamma,” the laddie explains, sunshine brings nothing but pains. Refrain
  • Oh! How I wish I could sleep, until my daddy comes home.” Verse: Two little eyes, dotted with tears, I heard a mother say to her angel eyes
  • ” Oh! Mamma, that’s when I thought, God made the night time too short
  • Last night I heard daddy call, but I was dreaming, that’s all, He kissed me, and he said, go to bed, my own
  • You’re always sighing and crying, since he went away
  • Oh! Mamma why must we always be, all alone? I miss him more ev’ry day, how can you ask me to play
  • in the skies,” “I hate the sunshine,” he said, “It makes me get out of bed. Refrain: Oh! how I wish I could sleep, until my daddy comes home
  • “Dream of your dad, my little lad, Don’t wake until the sun appears
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 18, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_547
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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