Title

Take Your Girlie To The Movies (If You Can't Make Love At Home) / music by Pete Wendling; words by Edgar Leslie and Bert Kalmar

Authors

Pete Wendling
Edgar Leslie
Bert Kalmar
Waterson Berlin and Snyder Co. (New York)

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ISBN

MUM00682, 0511

Description

Cover: a drawing of people in the cinema; Publisher: Waterson Berlin and Snyder Co. (New York)

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States

Relational Format

music score

Original Format

scores

Original Collection

Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/322

Lyrics

Lyrics:
First verse
Beatrice Fairfax gives advice, To anyone in love; That's why Johnny Gray, Wrote to her one day; When I call to love my girl, Her folks are always there; That's why I'm blue, What shall I do? And Beatrice said; never despair:
Chorus
Take your girlie to the movies, If you can't make love at home; There's no little brother there who always squeals, You can say an awful lot in seven reels. Take your lessons at the movies, And have love scenes of your own; When the pictures over and it's time to leave, Don't forget to brush the powder off your sleeve; Take your girlie to the movies, If you can't make love at home. Take your girlie to the movies, If you can't make love at home; Pick a cozy corner where it's nice and dark, Don't catch influenza, kissing in the park. Take your lessons at the movies, And have love scenes of your own; Tho' she's just a simple little ribbon clerk, Close your eyes and think you're kissing Billie Burke; Take your girlie to the movies, If you can't make love at home.
Second verse
Sweethearts always used to spoon, In a big morris chair; Young folks of today, Have a diff'rent way; Far away from cranky dad, And mother's eagle eye; It's lots of fun, Here's how it's done, So come on and give it a try.
(Chorus)

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