From the “MUSIC BOX REVUE,” 1923. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by R.S. Rosebud-Rosenbaum Studio. Copyright ©6 Oct 1923. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Pretty little Flo sitting with her beau
In the parlor list’ning to a radio
Twelve o’clock is striking and there’s no more radio
Tenderly the maiden whispers
Dear before you go
Chorus
Tell me a bedtime story
Before you kiss me goodnight
Before you go away
I’d like to hear you say
That your love is ever lasting
Please begin broadcasting
And maybe your tired baby
Will go and turn down the light
Before I climb the stairs
And say my evening prayers
Won’t you tell me a bedtime story
Performance
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