Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep
Until My Daddy Comes Home
Composer(s): Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young; Pete Wendling
Performer(s): Al Jolson



"Early to bed, Early to rise" 
I heard a mother say to her angel eyes
"Dream of your Dad, My little lad
Don't wake until the sun appears; in the skies" 
"I hate the sunshine," he said
"It makes me get out of bed"

Two little eyes, Dotted with tears
They tell a story full of darkness and fears
Two shoulders bear Sorrow and care
A weight too great for just a baby in years
"Mamma," the laddie explains
Sunshine brings nothing but pains"

Oh! how I wish I could sleep, until my Daddy comes home
Oh! mamma why must we always be all alone? 
I miss him more every day
How can you ask me to play
You're always sighing and crying, since he went away
Last night I heard Daddy call
But I was dreaming thats all 
He kissed me, and he said, "Go to bed, my own" 
Oh! mamma, that's when I thought
God made the night time too short
Oh! how I wish I could sleep
Until my Daddy comes home"