A popular song from 1910. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by John Frew. Copyright © 5 Oct 1910. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
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Innocent Bessie Brown
Wanted to see the town
Met upon the Avenue one afternoon fair
A fellow who said, “‘Aven’t you an hour to spare?”
So pretty, Innocent Bessie Brown
Went for an hour in town
And when the day was breaking
They were still partaking
Of some fizzes of gin that fizzed within
Innocent Bessie Brown
Chorus
Innocent Bessie Brown
Dressed in a country gown
Bessie Brown was lonesome for a diamond or two
But since she met the city
She could loan some to you
And she was Innocent Bessie Brown
Lived in a country town
When Missus Morgan chubby
Missed her darling hubby
She began talking war while hunting for
Innocent Bessie Brown