Listen Little Girl

Sheet music cover of the song Listen Little Girl recorded by Keith Kelly
Sheet music cover of the song Listen Little Girl recorded by Keith Kelly

The song “Listen Little Girl” was written by Vee Bond and composed by Claus Ogerman. It was performed by the English singer Keith Kelly in 1960. It appeared in July as the A side of a single on the label Parlophone, with the song “Uh Huh” on the B side. It reached number 47 in the UK Singles Chart.

Here is a music video of the song on YouTube:

Here are the lyrics from LyricsTranslate.com (with a small correction):

Listen Little Girl
lyrics by Vee Bond, music by Claus Ogerman

Listen little girl,
I will give you all of my heart,
Listen little girl,
We would never be far apart.
Everything we do
Would be just for two,
Won’t you listen, little girl?

Listen little girl,
I will be your fellow for good,
Listen little girl,
Everything would be like it should.
We could know the joy
Of a girl and boy,
Won’t you listen, little girl?

And if you beckon to me,
I would be there,
And every second to me
Would be beyond compare.

Listen little girl,
I believe the way that I do,
Listen little girl,
Everything I’m saying is true.
Listen little girl,
Listen to the boy
Who is so in love with you.

Who is so in love with you.
(Oh, is so in love with you)

The above photograph, and the music score below come from the music discographies site bjbear71.com.

Music score of the song Listen Little Girl
Music score of the song Listen Little Girl

The song was also performed by the American singer Bobby Keene in 1961. It appeared in March as the A side of a single on the label Coral, with the song “Move Over Angels” on the B side (written and composed by other artists).

Here is a music video of the song on YouTube; the lyrics are slightly modified:

The record can be seen on the music discographies site bjbear71.com.

The song should not be confused with “Listen, Little Girl” sung by Tony Bennett, and also by Nancy Wilson and by Tommy Wolf. This latter song infantilises the girl and tells her not to do adult things, in particular to abstain from love affairs.

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