Lotta Faust in her SAMMY dressin The Wizard of Oz 
Lyrics Sung by Lotta Faust as Tryxie Tryfle Did you ever meet the fellow Fine and dandy, Who can readily dispel Your ills and woes? Did you ever meet the boy Who's all the candy Where e'er he goes? That's the very sort of fellow I'm in love with, He is all the daffodils Of early spring, And to me the finest bliss is Just to revel in his kisses When to him I sing: Sammy, oh, oh, oh, Sammy, For you I'm pining When we're apart: Sammy, when you come wooing There's something doing Around my heart. Sammy, oh, oh, oh, Sammy, Can't live without you My dream of joy. Tell me, oh, oh, oh, tell me, You're only mine, my Sammy boy. In the evening, When the summer moon is beaming, On the river where The waters rush and swirl, With my Sammy-boy A spooning and a dreaming, You'll find this girl; When within his manly arms I am reclining, Like a bird in summer time Upon the wing, I imagine I'm a flying, Up to Paradise a-hieing, When to him I sing: Sammy oh, oh, oh, Sammy etc. (Tryxie and Chorus exit.)  A Member of the SAMMY Chorus in The Wizard of Oz (1903)
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What made this song so popular? Lotta Faust's performance. In the show Tryxie Tryfle is ravenously hungry. While she says she is hungry for food, she is really hungry for something else. Tryxie doesn't want a tart--she is a tart! And she makes it perfectly clear in her song. Tryxie's gimmick was to perform the song, imploringly concentrating on whichever poor man was seated in one particular box-seat. This position became known as the "Sammy Box."  Tryxie Tryfle teases a man in the Sammy-Box in The Wizard of Oz (1903) There were several attempts to replace Sammy during the next few years, including such runners-up as Johnny, I'll Take You, , Can't You See I'm Lonely, and The Tale of a Stroll. But the audiences always clamoured for Sammy, and Sammy the song was permanently installed in the show. For this TIGER TUNE we are offering two mp3 recordings of the song. The first is a modern recording from a concert version of the show. The second is a 78 rpm recording from 1903, featuring early 1900s recording star Billy Murray singing the song. 
1903 Columbia Record Label
Listen to this 1903 recording! (2:44 -- 645k) So listen to the two recordings, download the PDF sheet music and enjoy this delightful song from 1903!  Sheet Music Cover (1903)
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