William Hughes Mearns - Antigonish [The Little Man Who Wasn't There]

(Orchestra)

(Tex Beneke is whistling)1

“Hello there, Texas, whatcha say? 2

Are you whistling in the dark just to scare the ghost away?”

“I know there’s something following me that I can’t see

Someone sure laid an awful hex on me! “

“A hex? Ah, Tex, that’s pretty far-fetched.

Man, I’d say you’re just a little bit tetched!”

“You’d got a load of what I saw last night

You’d pass the Yankee Clipper on its maiden flight!”3

Last night I saw upon the stair

A little man who wasn’t there

He wasn’t there again today

Oh, how I wish he’d go away…

When I came home last night at three

The man was waiting there for me

But when I looked around the hall

I couldn’t see him there at all!

Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!

Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door…

Last night I saw upon the stair

A little man who wasn’t there

He wasn’t there again today

Oh, how I wish he’d go away!

1. The singer - Usual font2. Glenn Miller - Italic font3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper