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CUDDLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER, LOVEY MINE
1908Lyrics by Otto Harbach (Info)     Music by Karl Hoschna (Info)


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4-Bar Intro

Verse 1

ON THE SUM-MER SHORE, WHERE THE BREAK-ERS ROAR,
LOV-ERS SAT ON THE GLIST-NING SAND.
AND THEY TALKED OF LOVE, WHILE THE MOON A-BOVE,
AND THE STARS SEEMED TO UN-DER-STAND.
THEN SHE GREW MORE COLD, AND HE GREW MORE BOLD,
TILL SHE THO'T THAT THEY HAD BET-TER GO.
BUT AL-THO' HE HEARD, HE NOT E-VEN STIRRED,
ON-LY MUR-MURED IN TONES SOFT AND LOW.

Verse 2

THEN SHE DEIGNED TO REST ON HIS MAN-LY CHEST,
HER DEAR HEAD WITH ITS FLOW-ING CURLS,
AND SHE SAID, "I'D STAY, ON THIS LAP FOR AYE,
HOW I EN-VY THE CAP-LAND GIRLS.
FOR MISS ES-QUI-MAXX, 'MID THE ICE AND SNOW,
HAS NO STEAM HEAT WHEN HE COMES TO CALL.
NOT A SIN-GLE GLIM, SO IT'S UP TO HIM,
TO WHIS-PER IN SUM-MER OR FALL

Chorus

                        C                                 D#° G7
                          CUD-DLE UP A LIT-TLE CLOS-ER, LOV-EY  MINE,
                          G7                                 G+  C
                          CUD-DLE UP AND BE MY LIT-TLE CLING-ING VINE.
                               A7                         D7
                               LIKE TO FEEL YOUR CHEEK SO RO-SY,
                               G7                       G#° Am
                               LIKE TO MAKE YOU COM-FY, CO- ZY,
                        D7                         D#° C  G7     C
                       'CAUSE I LOVE FROM HEAD TO TOE-SY, LOV-EY MINE.