a 1922 popular song words by Marion Sunshine and Henry I. Marshall music by Henry I. Marshall
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We got a sister she’s twenty one
She’s out every night having lots of fun
Goes to parties and dances too
And we sit home with nothing to do
Every time her beau comes near
Mama says, “Leave the room, dear”
No matter how you figure it we’ll get stung
We’ll be happy when we’re twenty-one
We got the baby sister blues, Oh Mama
Can’t we please go out, Oh Mama
Just around to the picture show
Things at home are oh so slow
Oh, Mamma don’t you be so mean
I’ll bet when you were seventeen
You had the baby sister blues
You wouldn’t fool me, you wouldn’t fool me
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Because you know, we’re at that mean age
Oh, that just between age
Just too old to play with toys
Just too young to go out with boys
Too old to play with dollies
Too young to see the “Follies”
That’s why we got the baby sister blues