A fun little song from 1919 by Cliff Hess and Sidney Mitchell. Took the chance of a whopping $2 to buy the very worn sheet music discovered in an antique store.
lyrics
Heart Breaking Baby Doll
by Cliff Hess and Sidney Mitchell
Verse:
Ev’ry Vampire I ever met,
Always had jet black hair,
Eyes the same,
Lips a-flame,
Seem’d to say “Beware!”
So I picked an innocent blond,
She is beyond compare,
Still I’m in distress,
for I must confess,
That she’s not treating me fair.
Chorus:
She’s just a blue-eyed, blond-haired, heart-breaking baby doll,
That’s all
She’s got my heart a bouncing like a rubber ball,
More times than I can tell,
I’ve wished her “Fare-thee well,”
But next day surer than fate,
I’m there at her gate,
A ringing the bell,
She’s got that “on-the-level, cute-little-devil” way,
And say,
She could make a town like Philadelphia gay,
She’s in my dreams ev’ry night until dawn,
But when I wake in the morning she’s gone,
She’s just a blue-eyed, blond-haired, heart-breaking baby doll,
That's all.
Verse:
I remember my father said,
When you see red, beware,
So when girls,
With red curls,
passed me I took care.
Now I wish Dad had put me wise,
To girls with eyes of blue,
But, he didn’t tell,
So I went a fell,
Because I thought Daddy knew.
Chorus:
She’s just a blue-eyed, blond-haired, heart-breaking baby doll,
That’s all
When we first me I did a grand Niag’ra Fall,
She’s like the honeycomb,
You read of in a poem,
If you take one little sip,
from her ruby lip,
They carry you home,
She’s got that “treat-me-rough-dear, can’t-get-enough-dearl” way,
And say,
She could make a preacher lay his book away,
I always dream of her loving embrace,
That’s why I sleep with a smile on my face,
She’s just a blue-eyed, blond-haired, heart-breaking baby doll.
credits
released June 13, 2015
"This composition may also be had for your Talking Machine or Player Piano"
from Music Trade Review, April 12, 1919...
"Heartbreaking Baby Doll" is
SOME heart winning baby song.
It's a hew one, fresh from Song
Headquarters, but it's spreading
through the country like Spring itself!
No one who has ever heard
it, has been known to get away
from its tantalizing melody. Try it.
