[Verse 1]
Sweethearts passing arm in arm
Happy as can be
They have nothing else but love,
But they don't envy me
I've most ev'rything I need.
Still I never boast
For there's one thing I haven't got.
Here's I want most:

[Verse 2]
Ev'ry time I see a pair
'Neath a starlit sky
Somehow it don't seem quite a fair.
That love should pass me by
I'm no diff'rent from the rest.
Still I've never known
The joy of loving someone who.
I could call my own:

[Refrain 1]
I want a little girl to love a lot
I'd give ev'rything that I've got
For a little girl who'd fall in love with me.

I want a little girl, she may not look
Like the kind in a picture book,
But if she can cook, she'll suit me to a "T".

She doesn't have to wave her hair,
or dress in fancy clothes
And I wouldn't even care
If she don't wear silken hose.

I want a little girl to call my own
There must be someone that's all alone,
Just a little girl who'd fall in love with me.

[Refrain 2]
I want a little girl to press my clothes
Sew on buttons and darn my hose
Just a little girl who'd fall in love with me.

I want eat the things that she might bake
Without gettin' a tummy ache,
Just a little girl who knows her groceries.

Lemon is my fav'rite pie,
I always ask for more
Let me eat and know that
I won't awake at Heavens door.

I want a little girl, that certain kind
The kind you read of but never find,
Just a little girl who'd fall in love with me.

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I Want a Little Boy
(Sylvia Syms, transcribed from her recording)
[Refrain 1]
I want a little boy to call my own
I'd give up everything that I've own
For a little boy who'd fall in love with me

I want a little boy, though he may not look
Like a handsome hero in the picture book
I learn how to cook and that will soon suit him to a 'T'

He don't have to wave my hair
Or dress me in stylish clothes
And I wouldn't even care
If he never bought me silken hose

I want a little boy to call my own
There must be somebody that's all alone
Just a little boy who'd fall in love with me

[Refrain 2]
Fetch me a little boy to love a lot
I'd give up everything that I've got
For a little boy who'd fall in love with me

I want a little boy, though he may not look
Like somebody in a story book
I learn how to cook and that will soon suit him to a 'T'

He don't have to wave my hair
Or dress me a fancy clothes
And I wouldn't even care
If he never bought me silken hose

I want a little boy that certain kind of
The kind you read of but never find,
Just a little boy who'd fall in love with me

[coda]
I'd give up everything
For little boy who'd fall in love with me


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(Kay Starr, transcribed from her recording)
I'm looking for a boy, a certain kind
I know exactly who's(??) I've got in my eye
I'm looking for a boy to falling in love with me

I'm looking for a boy to hold me tight
When things go wrong he'll make I'm right
I'm looking for a boy to falling in love with me

He don't have to own a yatch
All right me for a treat
He doesn't matter what he's got
As long as he will be for me

I'm looking for a boy to call my own
He must be someone who is all alone
I'm looking for a boy to falling in love with me

I'm looking for a boy to call my own
He must be someone who is all alone
I'm looking for a boy to falling in love with me, with me
I wanna little boy to falling in love with me