American Old Time Song Lyrics: 02 Strawberries And Cream

Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 2

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM
Composed by the late Wm. H. Delehanty.

Milk and honey-oh! it's funny-
I cannot keep from dancing;
For I love a girl, she's a pretty pearl;
A lovely little belle supreme.
She's a lolly-pop, sweet forget-me-not,
And her voice is so entrancing;
She's my honey-comb, she's my sugar plum.
She's strawberries and cream.
Yes, she's a basket full of fruit;
She's my pretty love, she's my turtle dove.
Her voice is like the music of a flute,
And she's just sweet sixteen.

Chorus.
Milk, honey, strawberries and cream, (sym.)
Like the music of a happy dream. (sym.)
She's a darling; she's a daisy, i
She's a lovely plate of peaches,
She's a dandy, 'lasses candy­She's strawberries and cream. [Repent Chorus]

I'm enraptured, I am captured,
By a lovely lump of sweetness.
She's an oyster pie, she's a chicken pic,
And she haunts my every dream.
She's a little maid, she's a lemonade,
And the pink of perfect neatness.
She's a box of dates, she's a bunch of grapes,
She's strawberries and cream.
Oh! yes, she's far too sweet to live,
Is this lolly-pop, is this candy shop,
And her loss I know that I would grieve,
Sweet vision of my dream.-Chorus.