{"id":22988,"date":"2023-12-31T15:18:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T15:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=22988"},"modified":"2023-12-31T15:21:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T15:21:55","slug":"babys-got-a-tooth-rollin-howard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/babys-got-a-tooth-rollin-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby’s got a tooth (Rollin Howard)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Writer\/composer<\/td>Rollin Howard<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RNtbc<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Rollin Howard<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>

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Baby's Got a Tooth!\nCOMIC SONG FOR LADY OR GENTLEMAN\nWORDS and MUSIC by Rollin Howard.\n\nWell there, I'm so delighted,\nI don't know what to do, \nI feel so awful proud, boys,\nNow tell me wouldn't you? \nWhen married but a twelvemonth,\nYes, to my heart-felt joy, \nOur union it was blest \u2014\nWith a bouncing little boy.\n\nSpoken: I was delighted at hearing one day:\n\nDa-da! (Ma-ma!) come see! well I declare !\nBaby's got a tooth, did you ever! well there!\nTra-la! I'll strike you, pray share my joy\u00ac\nWhat is more delightful than a first tooth in one's boy?<\/em>\n\nYes I was sitting smoking (sewing)\nWas reading \"Tweed\" had gone;\nWondered if he'd met Genet,\nIf Connor felt forlorn\nWhen to my great surprise a shout \nRang shrilly in my ear \u2013 \nOur baby's got a tooth da-da! (ma-ma!), \nCome kiss the little dear\n\nSpoken: Who could resist it? Kiss it! Of course I did, over and over again! Nurse says it's the picture of its dada (mama) of course it is! Well, it's no use talking, all I can think of is: \nChorus\n\nNow may be you will not believe \nHow happy I did feel,\nThat day I (dear) lost some thousands, \nBut then I didn't squeal;\nMy mind was occupied that day \nWith only one idea\u2014 \n\"Twas Baby's got a tooth, oh! joy \nThe precious little dear!\"\n\nSpoken: It's true I had to walk the door with it half the night, and heat the Paregoric over the gas, and nearly froze; but then imagine a father's (mother's) joy as he (she) thought of....    \nChorus.\n\nI'd let it bite my finger,\nAnd then 'twould chew my thumb; \nIt seemed to please it, really\nWith joy I was quite dumb.\nThe day 'twits born, I felt o glad-\n\"Twas nothing unto this!\nOur Baby's got a tooth, I know,\nExcuse a father's (mother's) bliss.\n\nSpoken why, really I had to avoid all my intimate acquaintances that day; for I felt so happy that I'd have given my last cent away, I actually believe. Why Arminta Flapjack came in with tears in her eyes and said: \"have you heard the news?\" \"Why, of course! our baby's get a tooth.\" \"Oh no!\" she cried, with an additional burst of grief,\"My mother is dead!\" Well then, you can imagine my ecstasy, when I could not see her grief without being told. I said \"My dear, I sympathize with your grief, but I'm so overjoyed,: for, this morning dada (mama) said ...\nChorus.\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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At least two different  songs called Baby’s got a Tooth <\/em>were circulating in the last quarter of the 19th century.This song,with its first line: Well there, I’m so delighted<\/em>, is credited to  US burlesque artist Rollin Howard and was published in New York in 1875. Both the lyrics and tune published in the sheet music are quite different from the song Baby’s got a Tooth<\/em>, usually credited to EH Jones, that is discussed on another page, here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the Blume  Sheet music Howard’s song was also published  in the following American song books (the lyrics in each case are identical):<\/p>\n\n\n\n