Bring Back Those Wonderful Days
Composer(s): Darl Mac Boyle; Nat Vincent
Performer(s): Bert Williams



You've heard of the lamp of Aladdin 
what wonderful things it could do if I had it today
I'd rub it and say here's all that I want of you
Oh won't you

That wonderful lamp of the fable brought jewels and treasures galore 
if Aladdin lived now
I feel that somehow these are the things he'd ask for
Oh won't you

Bring back those happy days of childhood
won't you bring back the lane down in the wildwood 
that would lead us to the dear old swimming pool 
everytime that we played hooky on the way to school
oh, bring back the simple girls in gingham
won't you bring back the good old songs and sing 'em 
what a joy 't would be both for you and me 
could we bring back those wonderful days

Bring back the dinners for a quarter 
won't you bring back the milk without the water 
and the great big thick and tender juicy steaks 
long before our limit was a tack of victr'y cakes 
oh, bring back the eggs at ten a dozen 
won't you bring back the bread that wheat once was in 
you can laugh and joke but we're all dead broke 
won't you bring back those wonderful days

Bring back the pantomimes of Hanlon
won't you bring back the lullabies of Scanlon 
and the friends who always take you out and treat 
and the janitors who used to give us lots of heat
oh, bring back the days before the "Gimmies" 
won't you bring back the dance without the "Shimmies" 
drinking ginger ale makes us weak and pale 
won't you bring back those wonderful days