goatboy and
the music machines

a documentary by Randy A. Riddle

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I Love Me

performed by Vaudeville Comedian Billy Murray (Victor 19066-B)

Transcribed by Randy A. Riddle, recording from the Goatboy collection

Real Audio excerpt from "I Love Me" by Billy Murray  
Real Audio excerpt from "I Love Me" sung by Billy Clarke from Silvertone 2293-B, which contains the extra lyrics from Goatboy's piano roll  


When people write their songs of love they write of one another  
It's always Sis or Ma and Pa, a sweetheart or a brother  
But love songs that they've aimed at me have all gone on the shelf  
I don't think that is fair, so I'll write one of myself.  

I love me, I love me, I love myself to death  
I love me, I love me, 'till I'm all out of breath  
I stop at every slot machine that I should chance to pass  
And give myself a hug and squeeze as I look in the glass  

Oh, I love me, I love me, I'm wild about sweet me  
I love me, only me, so I'm content you see  
With me I like to make a date  
To meet myself at half past eight  
If I'm not there, I never wait  
I'm wild about myself  

I love me, I love me, everyplace I go  
I love me, I love me, and at a movie show  
I take myself right by the arm and push me through the crowd  
And listen to myself read me the titles right out loud  

Oh, I love me, I love me, I love to squeeze my hand  
I love me, I love me, it always feels so grand  
With me I get right in my tub  
I let myself give me a rub  
Oh, how I love to feel me scrub  
I'm wild about myself.  

I love me, I love me, I'm wild about myself  
I love me, I love me, my picture's on my shelf  
You may think I look so good but me thinks I'm just fine  
It's grand when I look in my eyes and know they're mine all mine  

I love me, I love me, and my love doesn't bore  
Day by day in every way, I love me more and more  
I take me to a quiet place  
I put my arm around my waist  
If me gets fresh, I slap my face (Oh! Ma!)  
I'm wild about myself  

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