Ira Gershwin - Innocent Ingenue Baby lyrics

(Verse 1) Dear little maid of sixteen I'm here confessing You have me guessing Never a girl have I seen So prepossessing And yet serene I don't wish to trouble you For a yes or no Still, if you see what I mean It's quite distressing To wonder so (Chorus) Innocent ingenue baby Say if I fell for you, baby Would you not love me too, baby Too? Flappers are not so few, baby Equally fair to view, baby Willing to bill and coo, baby Too But there's a something, somewhere, somehow smiling in your smile That sets me winking, blinking, thinking every little while Won't you make a trial? Innocent ingenue baby Give me some kind of clue, baby Tell me the answer, do, baby Do (Verse 2) That little slant of your eyes Is that negation Or affirmation? Delicate blushes and sighs Are they damnation Or paradise? Though I seem inquisitive Tell me, I implore Are you a vamp in disguise A mere flirtation Or something more? (Chorus) Innocent ingenue baby Say if I fell for you, baby Would you not love me too, baby Too? Flappers are not so few, baby Equally fair to view, baby Willing to bill and coo, baby Too But there's a something, somewhere, somehow smiling in your smile That sets me winking, blinking, thinking every little while Won't you make a trial? Innocent ingenue baby Give me some kind of clue, baby Tell me the answer, do, baby Do