Nostalgia ain't what it used to be!

These are the lyrics from the sheet music at UCLA:


BRING BACK THOSE WONDERFUL DAYS
Words by Darl Mac Boyle, music by Nat Vincent, © 1919.

1. You've heard of the lamp of Aladdin.
What wonderful things it could do!
If I had it today,
I'd rub it and say:
"Here's all that I want of you:—

CHORUS 1: "Oh, won't you bring back those happy days of childhood?
Won't you bring back the lane down in the wild-wood
That would lead us to the dear old swimming pool,
Ev'rytime that we played hooky on the way to school?
Oh, bring back the simple girls in gingham.
Won't you bring back the good old songs and sing 'em?
What a joy 'twould be
Both for you and me!
Could we bring back those wonderful days?"

2. That wonderful lamp of the fable
Brought jewels and treasures galore.
If Aladdin lived now,
I feel that somehow
These are the things he'd ask for:

CHORUS 2: "Oh, won't you bring back the dinners for a quarter?
Won't you bring back the milk without the water,
And the great big thick and tender juicy steaks,
Long before our limit was a stack of vict'ry cakes?
Oh, bring back the eggs at ten a dozen.
Won't you bring back the bread that wheat once was in?
You can laugh and joke,
But we're all dead broke.
Won't you bring back those wonderful days?

CHORUS 3: "Oh, won't you bring back the pantomimes of Hanlon?
Won't you bring back the lullabies of Scanlon,
And the friends who always take you out and treat,
And the janitors who used to give us lots of heat?
Oh, bring back the days before the "gimmies."
Won't you bring back the dance without the "shimmies?"
Drinking ginger ale
Makes us weak and pale.
Won't you bring back those wonderful days?"