American Old Time Song Lyrics: 47 A Little Bit Of A Boy
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 47
A LITTLE BIT OF A BOY.
Copyright, 1894, by Widmer-Sligler Music Pub. Co.
Words by Frank L Stanton. Music by Homer N. Bartlett.
There was never a smile in a weary while,
And never a gleam of joy,
Till his eyes of light made the whole world bright-
A little bit of a boy;
He came, one day, when the world was May
And thrilling with life and joy;
And with all the roses he seemed to play-
A little bit of a boy, a little bit of a boy.
But he played his part with a human heart,
And time can never destroy
The mem'ry sweet of the puttering feet
Of that little bit of a boy;
We had wondered how he could play all day
With never a dream of rest;
But once he crept in the dark, and slept
Still on his mother's breast-a little bit of a boy.
There was never a smile in a weary while,
And never a gleam of joy,
But the world seems dim since we dreamed of him-
A little bit of a boy;
And he played his part with a human heart,
And time can never destroy
The mem'ry sweet of the pattering feet
Of that little bit of a boy, that little bit of a boy.