From the musical “WATCH YOUR STEP” 1914. [cut] Alternate title: “Lock Me in Your Harem and Throw the Key Away” Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Albert W. Barbelle. Copyright ©5 Dec 1914. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus
Lock me in your harem and throw away the key
Let me cuddle-uddle up to Rosie and May
Let me see the fat one who dances all the day
My eyes were made for seeing
Honest, I’m a human being
Down in your harem
There’s Rosie, Josie, Posie
And I know that you could spare ’em
So won’t you let me stay
Locked in the harem with the keys thrown away
Performance
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