"Won't You Come Home to My House" (1906) Words by Harry Williams Music by Egbert Van Alstyne [Sung by The Six Musical Guttys] [Source: 105a/077@Levy] 1. The time was in June, The bees humm'd a tune The perfume of rose fill'd the air, When just o'er the way, Sat a baby one day, All alone and so one one seem'd to care, But one passer by, Turn'd and look'd with a sigh, At the tears and the eyes swollen red, Then close to her breast, The young darling she press'd, And tenderly to her she said, CHORUS [sung after each verse] Won't you come over to my house, Won't you come over and play, I've lots of playthings, a dolly or two We live in the house 'cross the way, I'll give you candy and sweet things, I'll put your hair in a curl, Won't you come over to my house, And play that you're my little girl. 2. Perhaps you don't know, That not long ago, These toys I am giving to you, Were my little girls, Yes, my one little Pearl's, And her eyes were like yours, large and blue, But one night I found, That the angels came 'round, And they took her way up to the sky, So don't stay away, But come over each day, Or you'll make your new Mama cry,