I WISH I WERE TWINS

(Edgar De Lange, Frank Loesser, Joseph Meyer)


As recorded by:
Valaida Snow, Acc. By
Billy Mason & His Orchestra
Recorded 18th January 1935

Also recorded by:
Zoot Sims,
Henry Allen Orchestra,
Fats Waller & His Rhythm



(First verse used only in the Fats Waller recording)

When I’m with you I feel so small
Right in my shell I wanna crawl
Wonder why I had to fall for you
(Oh you dog)
Why do you make my life so tough
It seems like I’d love you half enough
You’re so heavenly, much too much for me

I wish that I were twins,
You great big babykins
So I could love you twice as much as I do
I’d have four loving arms to embrace you
Four eyes to idolise you each time I face you 
With two hearts twice as true
What couldn’t four lips do
When four ears hear you saying I’m yours
You great big babykins
I wish that I were twins
So I could love you twice as much as I do

I wish that I were twins,
You great big babykins
So I could love you twice as much as I do
I’d have four loving arms to embrace you
Four eyes to idolise you each time I face you 
With two hearts twice as true
What couldn’t four lips do
When four ears hear you saying I’m yours
You great big babykins
I wish that I were twins
So I could love you twice as much as I do




(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM 
Record Collection by Bill Huntley - October 2013)