Don’t Want to Play in Your Yard, written by and 50 similar items

Lyrics: 1. Once there lived side by side, two little maids, Used to dress just alike,hair down in braids, . . Blue ging'am pinafores, stockings of red, Little sun bonnets tied on each pretty head. When school was over secrets they'd tell, Whispering arm in arm, down by the well, .. One day a quarrel came, hot tears were shed: “You can't play in our yard,” But the other said: 2. Next day two little maids each other miss, Quarrels are soon made up, sealed with a kiss . . Then hand in hand again, happy they go, Friends all thro' life to be, they love each other so. Soon school days pass away, sorrows and bliss But love remembers yet, quarrels and kiss, . In sweet dreams of childhood, we hear the cry: “You can't play in our yard,” And the old reply: I don't want to play in your yard, I don't like you any more, You'll be sorry when you see me, Sliding down our cellar door, You can't holler down our rain-barrel, You can't climb our apple tree, . . I don't want to play in your yard If you wont be good to me. This sheet music for the song, “I Don’t Want to Play in Your Yard,” was composed by H. W. Petri and written by Philip Wingate. The music was published by the Petrie Music Company in Chicago, Illinois in 1894. The music is dedicated “To the Ladies of the Charity Circle, La Porte, Ind.” The cover features an image of a small child, labeled Pearl, who would sing “I don’t want to play in your yard” to Mamie Shepard who is also pictured in the center of the cover.