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'''"Sometimes I'm Happy"''' is a [[popular music|popular song]]. The music was written by [[Vincent Youmans]], the lyrics by [[Irving Caesar]]. The song was originally published in 19271923 under the title "Come On And Pet Me,"<ref>https://www.kuvo.org/stories-of-standards-sometimes-im-happy/</ref> with lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] and introducedWilliam inCary Duncan.<ref>http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/497144119</ref> It was originally intended for the [[Broadway theatertheatre|Broadway]] [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[HitMary the Deck (musical)|HitJane the Deck]]McKane,'' starringbut [[Stanleywas Holloway]],cut andbefore openedthe inshow April 1927opened.<ref name=Bloom>{{cite book|

title= American Song|

last = Bloom|

first = Ken|

publisher= Schirmer Books|

___location= New York, New York|

year= 1996|

isbn= 0-02-870484-3

}}</ref> The music was subsequently used, with new lyrics and title, in the short-lived 1925 [[musical theatre|musical]] ''A Night Out,'' and in the [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Hit the Deck (musical)|Hit the Deck]],'' starring [[Stanley Holloway]] and opening in April 1927.

The song was performed in ''[[Hit the Deck (musical)|Hit the Deck]]'' by [[Charles King (vaudevillian)|Charles King]] and [[Louise Groody]], who also made a recording for [[Victor Records]], catalog number 20609.<ref name=Gardner>{{cite book|

title= Popular Songs of the 20th Century: Chart Detail & Encyclopedia, 1900-1949|

last = Gardner|

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A number of other recordings was made in 1927 (see below), and the tune has become a standard, recorded by many artists since that time. It appeared as the B-side of the landmark 1935 recording of "[[King Porter Stomp]]" by [[Benny Goodman]] and his orchestra (released July 31 as Victor 25090).

==Lyrics (Come On And Pet Me version)==

<poem>There's a girl friend that I know

Has a boy friend who is slow

When they're alone he is shy,

And she has to keep complaining:

Come on and pet me, why don't you pet me?

Why don't you get me to let you pet me?

You never ask me out for a spoon

For all I know, there ain't any moon!

I'd like to bask in your fond caressin'

You do the askin' I'll do the yessin'

Within your arms I'd stay for a year

Come on and pet me, dear, do dear!<ref name=ComeYoumans>{{cite book|

title= Come On And Pet Me|

last = Youmans|

first = Vincent|

publisher= Harms Incorporated|

___location= New York, New York|

year= 1923}}</ref></poem>

==Lyrics (Sometimes I'm Happy version)==

<poem>Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue

My disposition depends on you