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Posted By: JohnInKansas
19-Aug-05 - 05:18 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: While We Sit by the Old Kitchen Door
Subject: Lyr Add: WHILE WE SIT BY THE OLD KITCHEN DOOR
WHILE WE SIT BY THE OLD KITCHEN DOOR Skelly, J. P.. CREATED/PUBLISHED: New York: Saalfield, Richard A., 1884. RELATED TITLES: Music for a nation: American sheet music, 1870-1885. MEDIUM: 1 score CALL NUMBER: M2.3.U6A44 PART OF: American 19th-century sheet music. Copyright deposits, 1870-1885 REPOSITORY: Library of Congress. Music Division. DIGITAL ID: sm1884 21174 urn:hdl:loc.music/sm1884.21174 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1884.21174
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WHILE WE SIT BY THE OLD KITCHEN DOOR
There's a sweet little maid I'll tell you about She's fairer than all you could see To me, she is true, of that I've no doubt My dear little wife she will be We court on the sly, when nobody's nigh And promises to love ever more The moments are sweet, my joy is complete While we sit by the old kitchen door
CHORUS All on the sly, there's no prying eye, Sweet kisses we share by the score In love's golden glow, we speak soft and low While we sit by the old kitchen door
Some court in the park, some court in the dark They all like to court unawares Some stand in the hall quite close to the wall And some like to sit on the stairs Some court on the street and think they look sweet Some court while they waltz round the floor But if you would see my sweetheart and me Come round by the old kitchen door
CHO
Some stroll by the brook To a still shady nook And some take a seat by the stove Some sit half the night and turn down the light While fondly they're talking of love Some court on the train, and some in the rain And some in a nice candy stoore Go in for ice cream while deep in love's dream But give me the old kitchen door.