DESCRIPTION:
Written by Sidney Clare and Con Conrad and published in 1921.
Recorded by:
Marie Adams; Anne-Margret; Tina Arena; Pearl Bailey;
Count Basie Orch.; Eddie Cantor; Carol Channing; Ray Charles;
The Ray Conniff Singers; Crazy Rhythm Hot Society Orch.;
Bing Crosby; Kenny Dorham; Billy Eckstine;
Cliff (Ukelele Ike) Edwards; Tennessee Ernie Ford;
Stephan Grappelli; Gene Harris Quartet;
Tiny Hill & his Hilltoppers; Al Hirt; Hoosier Hotshots;
Etta Jones; Isham Jones & his Orch.; Mike Jones; Kay Kayser;
Joe Kennedy Jr.; Yusef Lateef; Johnny Otis Show; Rod Mason;
Oscar Peterson; Jean Plum; Sammy Rimington; Kermit Ruffins;
Something Smith; Gerald Wiggins; Lena Zavaroni.



Con Conrad was born Conrad K. Dober in New York City. He published his first song, "Down in Dear Old New Orleans", in 1912. Conrad produced the Broadway show The Honeymoon Express, starring Al Jolson, in 1913. By 1918, Conrad was writing and publishing with Henry Waterson and had his first major hit in 1920 with the song Margie. Over the next several years, he would also be responsible for such standards as "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me", "You've Got to See Your Mama Every Night", "Memory Lane", "Lonesome and Sorry" , "Palesteena" and "Come on Spark Plug".
In 1923 Conrad focused on the stage and wrote the scores for the Broadway shows: The Greenwich Follies, Moonlight, Betty Lee, Kitty's Kisses and Americana. In 1929 he moved to Hollywood after losing all of his money on unsuccessful shows. There he worked on films such as: Fox Movietone Follies, Palmy Days, The Gay Divorcee and Here's to Romance.
Conrad received the first Academy Award for Best Song for The Continental in 1934 along with collaborator Herb Magidson. He died four years later in Van Nuys, California.
Conrad was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

Sidney Clare (born New York, August 15, 1892 - Died Los Angeles, August 29, 1972) was an American comedian, dancer and composer. His best known songs include "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (recorded by Shirley Temple), "You're My Thrill" (recorded by Billie Holiday), and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (featured in the cartoon One Froggy Evening).
In 1929, Clare wrote his first full film score for Street Girl. He did the film scores for Tanned Legs, Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round, Sing and Be Happy, Hit the Deck, Jimmy and Sally, Bright Eyes, The Littlest Rebel and Rascals.
The Oxford English Dictionary credits Clare with the earliest usage of the term "rock and roll" in 1934 on the soundtrack for the movie Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round.
In the early 1940s Clare and several of his fellow hitmakers formed a sensational review called Songwriters on Parade, performing all across the Eastern seaboard on the Loew's and Keith circuits.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

Little Lilly was oh! so silly and shy
And all the fellows knew, she wouldn't bill an coo;
Ev'ry single night some smart fellow would try
to cuddle up to her, But she would cry:

"MA, he's making eyes at me!
MA, he's awful nice to me!
MA, he's almost breaking my heart,
I'm beside him, Mercy! Let his conscience guide him!
MA, he wants to marry me, Be my honey bee.
Ev'ry minute he gets bolder, Now he's leaning on my sholder,
MA, he's kissing me!"

Lilly was so good, ev'rybody could tell,
You'd never see her roam, She'd always stay at home;
All the neighbors knew little Lilly too well,
For when the boys would call, They'd hear her yell: