It was originally intended for the BroadwaymusicalMary Jane McKane, but was cut before the show opened.[3] The music was subsequently used, with new lyrics and title, in the short-lived 1925 musicalA Night Out, and in the musicalHit the Deck, starring Stanley Holloway and opening in April 1927.
A number of other recordings was made in 1927 (see below), and the tune has become a standard, recorded by many artists since that time. It appeared as the B-side of the landmark 1935 recording of "King Porter Stomp" by Benny Goodman and his orchestra (released July 31 as Victor 25090).
Lyrics (Come On And Pet Me version)
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There's a girl friend that I know
Has a boy friend who is slow
When they're alone he is shy,
And she has to keep complaining:
Come on and pet me, why don't you pet me?
Why don't you get me to let you pet me?
You never ask me out for a spoon
For all I know, there ain't any moon!
I'd like to bask in your fond caressin'
You do the askin' I'll do the yessin'
Within your arms I'd stay for a year
Come on and pet me, dear, do dear!
Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue
My disposition depends on you
I never mind the rain from the sky
If I can find the sun in your eyes
Sometimes I love you, sometimes I hate you
But when I hate you, it's 'cause I love you
That's how I am
So what can I do?
I'm happy when I'm with you
Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue
My disposition depends on you
I never mind the rain from the sky
If I can find the sun in your eyes
Sometimes I love you, sometimes I hate you
But when I hate you, it's 'cause I love you
That's how I am
So what can I do?
I'm always happy
So very happy
I'm always happy when I'm with you[6]
Mildred Bailey (recorded March 14, 1941; released by Decca Records as catalog number 3755B;[9] re-released by Decca as catalog number 27918[10] in early 1952, both with the flip side "Rockin' Chair"[9][10])
Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956[18] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.[19]
Anita O'Day, with the Alvy West Band (released by Signature Records as catalog number 15127B, with the flip side "Ace in the Hole"; also shown as Anita O'Day with the Little Band, released by Signature Records as catalog number 15222B, with the flip side "Bewitched"[35])
Jo Stafford (released by Capitol Records as catalog number 993, with the flip side "Why Can't You Behave?"[42] and as catalog number 20051, with the flip side "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny"[43]), Autumn in New York (1950)
Lester Young Quartet (recorded December 28, 1943, released by Mercury Records as catalog number 1093, with the flip side "Afternoon of a Basie-ite"[24])
^Bloom, Ken (1996). American Song. New York, New York: Schirmer Books. ISBN0-02-870484-3.
^ abcdefgGardner, Edward Foote (2000). Popular Songs of the 20th Century: Chart Detail & Encyclopedia, 1900-1949. St. Paul, Minnesota: Paragon House. ISBN1-55778-789-1.
^Youmans, Vincent (1923). Come On And Pet Me. New York: Harms Incorporated.
