Hoo-oo, Ain't You Coming Out To-Night?

Hoo-oo, Ain't You Coming Out To-Night?

V1
Softly the twilight is stealing,
Seven o’clock bells are pealing,
Johnnie with mama is pleading:
“Please may I go and play”
“No dear, it’s nearly your bed time;
Too late for raising old Ned time”
Johnnie’s tears soon were a falling,
When he heard his play mantes calling
V2
“Mamma we’ll play right in our yard,
I’ll promise you I’ll not play hard,
When it is bedtime you call me, I’ll not be far away.”
“Well if you tell all those bad boys
Not to wakee babe with their loud noise,
I’ll let you out for awhile dear,
So run along now and play.”
Chorus
“Hoooo, Hoooo, Hoooo,
Ain’g you coming out tonight?
Hoooo, Hoooo, Hoooo,
We’ll have lots of fun all right!
Hoooo, Hoooo, Hoooo,
The big moon is shining bright,
We’ll play ‘Hide and Seek’ and who’s it musn’t peek,
Hoooo, Hoooo, Hoooo!”

Herbert Ingraham

1908