Won't you come over to my house

Won't you come over to my house,won't you come over to play,I've got a dolly or two. Slide down my rain barrel, come thru my cellar door,and we'll be friends forevermore.

My grandma used to sing this to us. I miss her so much! I have a new granddaughter to sing this to. Does anyone know if there are more lyrics? Thanks in advance.

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Mar 18, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Dolly, come out and play with me... NEW
by: Anonymous

I was born in 1946, my mother sang, Dolly, won't you come out and play with me? I can't find the lyrics?
Dec 04, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		No thank you NEW
by: Anonymous

My narcissistic mom sang this to me and even as a toddler, it gave me the creeps. I’d never sing it to my kids.
Aug 24, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Memories of this Song NEW
by: Eileen

My Dad used to sing this song to me. Beautiful memories.
Feb 06, 2021
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starstarstarstarstar 		Bittersweet memories NEW
by: Pete

I was a little kid in the early 70's, between 3 and 6 years old, when I first heard this now unforgettable song. My grandmother Mary, in her 70's at the time, suffered from advanced senility, but this song she remembered. There are few childhood memories that come in as vividly as sitting on my grandmothers lap as she sang this to me. She used to sit in our finished basement in New York for hours in silence, in a world no one could reach. No other words were ever shared; no greeting or conversation. But she remembered the words to this song, and I will always remember her singing it to me.
Apr 18, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Won't You Come Over to My House Lyrics NEW
by: Anonymous

Won't you come over to my House
Won't you come over and play
I've got a dolly a plaything or two
And I live in the house cross the way

I'll by you candy and sweet things,
I'll put your hair in a curl
O, Won't you come over to my house
And play like your my little girl
Feb 28, 2020
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starstarstarstarstar 		Happy NEW
by: Anonymous

My mother would sing this to me often. Her mother also would sing it to her. I found an old copy of that sheet music on line. It’s so beautiful even if it’s a bit worn. I am happy to have it.
Aug 24, 2019
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starstarstarstarstar 		Won't you come over to my house and playmate
by: Lorna

Oh, what fond memories I have for these songs. My mom, born in 1917, would sing these songs to my sister and I all of the time when we were growing up in the 50s. I never thought of the first song as being creepy until now. In today's world, it's a little strange, but back then it was so innocent.
Apr 30, 2019
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starstarstarstarstar 		Wont you come over to my house NEW
by: Cave Keller

Historic Sheet Music Collection
HISTORIC SHEET MUSIC COLLECTION
Won't You Come Over to My House

Harry Williams
Egbert van Alstyne
Document Type
Score

Publication Date
1906

Comments
Song by Williams & Van Alstyne

Jerome H. Remick & Co - New York - Detroit

Copyright MCMVI, by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Successors to The Whitney Warner Pub. Co., Detroit - New York.
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year MCMVI,
by Jermoe H. Remick & Co. in the Department of Agriculture.

Lyrics
VERSE 1
The time was in June,
The bees humm’d a tune
The perfume of rose fill’d the air,
When just o’er the way,
Sat a baby one day,
All alone and no one seem’d to care,
But one passer by,
Turn’d and look’d with a sigh,
At the tears and the eyes swollen red,
Then close to her breast,
The young darling she press’d,
And tenderly to her she said.

CHORUS
Won’t you come over to my house,
Won’t you come over and play,
I’ve lots of playthings, a dolly or two
We live in the house ‘cross the way,
I’ll give you candy and sweet things,
I’ll put your hair in a curl,
Won’t you come over to my house,
And play that you’r my little girl.

VERSE 2
Perhaps you don’t know,
That not long ago,
These toys I am giving to you,
Were my little girl’s,
Yes, my own little Pearl’s,
And her eyes were like yours, large and blue,
But one night I found,
That the angels came ‘round,
And they took her way up to the sky,
So don’t stay away,
But come over each day,
Or you’ll make your new Mama cry.

CHORUS

Recommended Citation
Williams, Harry and van Alstyne, Egbert, "Won't You Come Over to My House" (1906).
Aug 24, 2018
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starstarstarstarstar 		The time was in June NEW
by: Jere

I think the first words to the song:
The time was in June and the birds hummed a tune
The perfume of the hour filled the air
and close o'er the way stood a baby at play
Jul 22, 2018
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starstarstarstarstar 		Rain barrel NEW
by: Anonymous

My mother used to sing this to me and my siblings .
Jan 08, 2017
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starstarstarstarstar 		Won't You Come Over to My House NEW
by: Anonymous

I'm 71. My mother sang us to sleep night after night with Won't You Come Over..., and After the Ball was over. I know now they were older than she was so chances are her mother sang them to her. Yes the lyrics are sad, but not creepy. I always pictured a little orphan girl being given an invitation to have a home and family. That gave special magic to the words.
Aug 27, 2015
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by: Jan

My Grandmother (born in 1899) sang these to us too, but they are two separate songs. "Won't you come over to my house" is one and "Playmate" is the other. The first one, she only ever sang us the chorus which didn't seem sad at all until I heard the rest of the lyrics. I found it on You Tube. "Playmate" is a much happier song.
Nov 27, 2014
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by: Anonymous

thank you for the lyrics. I remember them now.
Nov 27, 2014
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starstarstarstarstar 		My Memory
by: Anonymous

I am 92, and back in the 1930's my Dad sang this to us, and then I sang it to my daughters.
Oct 30, 2014
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by: Anonymous

I have to say my Dad sang this to all od=f us. I sang it to my kids too. I started singing to my Grand Son and finally realized that this a creepy song.
Oct 15, 2014
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by: Anonymous

I am looking for a very old version of Won't you come over to my house, sung by a man. It sounded like something from the twenties or early thirties. Can you help.
Mar 21, 2014
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starstarstarstarstar 		Won't you come over to my house
by: Anonymous

My mother and grandmother sang this to me.

Won't you come over to my house, won't you come over and play,
I've got a dolly, a plaything or two, I live in the house cross the way.
I'll give you candy and sweet things, I'll put your hair in a curl,
Won't you come over to my house and play that you're my little girl.

Perhaps you don't know that a long time ago, these toys I am giving to you,
Were my little girls, yes, my own little pearls and her eyes were like yours round and blue.
But one day I found that the angels came down,
and took her way off to the sky,
So don't stay away, come on over each day
or you'll make your new mommy cry.
Nov 12, 2013
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starstarstarstar 		Say say oh playmate
by: Kim

My great grandmother taught it to us as a hand clapping chant and I learned it a little different.

"Say, say oh playmate, come out and play with me. And bring your dollies three! Climb up my apple tree! Slide down my rain barrel, into my cellar door! And we'll be jolly friends forever more!"

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