Sheet Music, 1920-1929
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0257
Description
Cover: drawing of a running man; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
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scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
My gal and I, we had a fight And I'm all by myself, I guess she thinks, now that she's gone, I'll lay right on the shelf; I'm gonna show her she's all wrong, No lonesome stuff for mine, I won't sit home, all alone, She'll soon find that I'm
Chorus
Runnin' wild, lost control, Runnin' wild, mighty bold, Feelin' gay, reckless too, Care free mind all the time, never blue; Always going' don't know where, Always showing', I don't care; Don't love nobody, it's not worth while; All alone, runnin' wild. Runnin' wild, lost control, Runnin' wild, mighty bold, Feelin' gay, reckless too, Care free mind all the time, never blue; Always going' don't know where, Always showing', I don't care; Don't love nobody, it's not worth while; All alone, runnin' wild.
Patter
No gal will ever make a fool of me, No gal! I mean just what I say; I ain't hte simpleton I used to be, Wonder how I got that way. Once I was full of sentiment, it's true, But now I got a cruel heart; With all that other foolishness I'm through, Gonna play the villain part Runnin' wild,
Second verse
When I first met that gal of mine, It seemed just like a dream, But when she tho't she had me right She started actin' mean; Like Mary led her little lamb She led me all the time, Until the worm had to turn, That's the reeason I'm :
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