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Come on and Play With Me
Music by Harry Ruby, words by Bert Kalmar and Edgar Leslie
Billy Murray, tenor with orchestra
Recorded October 1919
Columbia A2836
Billy Murray (1877-1954) was the most successful recording artist of the acoustic era. Murray, the son of Irish immigrants, was born in Philadelphia but grew up in Denver Colorado. His early show business experience was in vaudeville and minstrel shows. He made his first recordings in 1897 with his then partner Matt Keefe and his first solo sides were made in 1903. Initially he recorded with several major record companies but by 1920 he had signed an exclusive recording contract with Victor Records where he remained until 1927. In the late 1920s, Murray became a radio performer and also provided voices in cartoon shorts for Max Fleischer. He returned to recording on the Bluebird label in the early 1940s .
Come on and Play Wiz Me (My Sweet Babee) (NOTE: Murray's version differs slightly)
All the boys in France were wild about Marcelle
A sweet Paresian Belle, and one by one they fell
She would captivate them with her naughty glance
And she'd fill them with romance.
Like a baby she was full of play,
and all the boys would love to hear her say:
"Come on and play wiz me, my sweet babee;
You bounce me 'trejelee, upon your knee
Come on I'll be your choc'late eclair
Come on, you'll be my sweet 'pomdetier.'
But you must love me true, no April fool,
If someone flirt wiz you, I'll fight ze duel.
Ze Frenchman in France take ze big liberty
Because Gay Paree is ze land of ze free;
But don't think zat you can get to free wiz me,
Come on and play wiz me, My Sweet Babee."
She had eyes just like the skies they were so blue,
And you can bet she knew, just how to roll them too,
Ev'ry fellow used to call her "ma cherie,"
And they would go a mile her sunny smile to see.
When the fellows knew that she was near,
They'd knock each other down each time they'd hear:
Come on and Play With Me
Music by Harry Ruby, words by Bert Kalmar and Edgar Leslie
Billy Murray, tenor with orchestra
Recorded October 1919
Columbia A2836
Billy Murray (1877-1954) was the most successful recording artist of the acoustic era. Murray, the son of Irish immigrants, was born in Philadelphia but grew up in Denver Colorado. His early show business experience was in vaudeville and minstrel shows. He made his first recordings in 1897 with his then partner Matt Keefe and his first solo sides were made in 1903. Initially he recorded with several major record companies but by 1920 he had signed an exclusive recording contract with Victor Records where he remained until 1927. In the late 1920s, Murray became a radio performer and also provided voices in cartoon shorts for Max Fleischer. He returned to recording on the Bluebird label in the early 1940s .
Come on and Play Wiz Me (My Sweet Babee) (NOTE: Murray's version differs slightly)
All the boys in France were wild about Marcelle
A sweet Paresian Belle, and one by one they fell
She would captivate them with her naughty glance
And she'd fill them with romance.
Like a baby she was full of play,
and all the boys would love to hear her say:
"Come on and play wiz me, my sweet babee;
You bounce me 'trejelee, upon your knee
Come on I'll be your choc'late eclair
Come on, you'll be my sweet 'pomdetier.'
But you must love me true, no April fool,
If someone flirt wiz you, I'll fight ze duel.
Ze Frenchman in France take ze big liberty
Because Gay Paree is ze land of ze free;
But don't think zat you can get to free wiz me,
Come on and play wiz me, My Sweet Babee."
She had eyes just like the skies they were so blue,
And you can bet she knew, just how to roll them too,
Ev'ry fellow used to call her "ma cherie,"
And they would go a mile her sunny smile to see.
When the fellows knew that she was near,
They'd knock each other down each time they'd hear:
