Sheet Music, 1910-1919
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0515
Description
Cover: a photo of Belle Baker; Publisher: George W. Meyer Music 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
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
Do I hear somebody sigh? Do I hear sombeody cry? Who can it be my honey, He or a she my sonny, It's your cello angel cake, Play it dear for heaven sake, I'd give a lot my lovie, You know for what, my dovie.
Chorus
Oh, that mellow melody, sends a chill, sends a thrill, down your spine, Oh, that cello melody, how it moans, how it groans, baby mine, It sighs, like the hum of the bumble bees, It cries, like the wind blowin' through the trees, It tries, to shout, Let me out, let me out, let me out, I'm lonely, Play that music shivery, with your bow, nice and slow, from the start, Play that music quivery, let it rap, let it snap, round my heart, Gee I'm made about your music fellow, Hug me like you do your cello, When you play that mellow melody. Oh, that mellow melody, sends a chill, sends a thrill, down your spine, Oh, that cello melody, how it moans, how it groans, baby mine, It sighs, like the hum of the bumble bees, It cries, like the wind blowin' through the trees, It tries, to shout, Let me out, let me out, let me out, I'm lonely, Play that music shivery, with your bow, nice and slow, from the start, Play that music quivery, let it rap, let it snap, round my heart, Gee I'm made about your music fellow, Hug me like you do your cello, When you play that mellow melody.
Second verse
How you love that cello dear, More than you love me I fear, Why am I sad my cutey, Why am I mad my beauty, No it isn't jealousy, Cellos give just melody, No I'm not sore I'm lonely, Play it once more, once only.
(Chorus)
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