I Want a Girl

Standard Barbershop Quartet Fare

I Want a Girl was written in 1911. The words are by William Dillon and the music by Harry Von Tilzer (b. July 8, 1872, Detroit, MI, d. Jan. 10. 1946, New York, N.Y.)

An obscure footnote: Tilzer's younger brother Albert wrote the music for "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".

The Music
I Want a Girl
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The Song
The song in this book which is sung to the tune of
"I Want a Girl"

1. I Want a Beer

I Want a Girl
(Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)

WHEN I WAS A BOY MY MOTH-ER OFT-EN SAID TO ME,
GET MAR-RIED BOY AND SEE, HOW HAP-PY YOU WILL BE,
I HAVE LOOKED ALL O-VER, BUT NO GIRL-IE CAN I FIND,
WHO SEEMS TO BE JUST LIKE THE LIT-TLE GIRL I HAVE IN MIND.
I WILL HAVE TO LOOK A-ROUND UN-TIL THE RIGHT ONE I HAVE FOUND.

BY THE OLD MILL STREAM THERE SITS A COUP-LE OLD AND GRAY,
THOUGH YEARS HAVE ROLLED A-WAY, THEIR HEARTS ARE YOUNG AND GAY,
MOTH-ER DEAR LOOKS UP AT DAD WITH LOVE-LIGHT IN HER EYE,
HE STEALS A KISS, A FOND EM-BRACE, WHILE EV-'NING BREEZ-ES SIGH;

Chorus
I WANT A GIRL JUST LIKE THE GIRL THAT MAR-RIED DEAR OLD DAD,
SHE WAS A PEARL AND THE ON-LY GIRL THAT DAD-DY E-VER HAD.
A GOOD OLD FASH-IONED GIRL WITH HEART SO TRUE,
ONE WHO LOVES NO-BOD-Y ELSE BUT YOU
I WANT A GIRL JUST LIKE THE GIRL THAT MAR-RIED DEAR OLD DAD.