Billy Murray & the Haydn Quartet sing \"Waltz Me Around Again, Willie\" on Victor 4738, recorded May 10, 1906.
The quartet, formed in 1896 as the Edison Quartet, had different singers over the years. Here the singers are S H. Dudley, Harry Macdonough, John Bieling, and William F. Hooley.
The music is by Ren Shields. Lyrics are by Will D. Cobb.
Willie Fitzgibbons, who used to sell ribbons and
stood up all day on his feet, grew very spoony on
Madeline Mooney, who'd rather be dancing than eat.
Each evening she tag him to some dance hall drag him, and
when the band started to play, she'd up like a silly and
grab tired Willie, steer him on the floor, and she'd say:
\"Waltz me around again, Willie--around, around, around.
The music is dreamy. It's peaches and creamy. O don't let my
feet touch the ground. I feel like a ship on an ocean of joy.
I just want to holler out loud 'Ship ahoy!' Waltz me
around again, Willie--around, around, around.\"
Willie De Vere was a dry goods
cashier. At his desk he would sit all the
day till his doctor advised him to start
exercising or else he would soon fade
away. One night this poor looney met
Madeline Mooney. Fitzgibbons then
shouted with joy: \"She's a good health
regainer--you've found a good trainer!
Just wait till she hollers, my boy!\"
