"My Melancholy Baby" is a popular song published in 1912 and first sung publicly by William Frawley. The music was written by Ernie Burnett, the lyrics by George A. Norton.
Despite its published title, in conversation it often is referred to simply as "Melancholy Baby," without the word "My".
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“I saw, in gradual vision through my tears,
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