as sung by Jill Daniels
Originally sung by Florrie Forde (Australia) - 1908
In quaint native dress an Italian maid
Was weeping distress'ed as the streets she strayed
Searching in every part for her bold sweetheart
And his ice-cream cart
Her English was bad
It cannot be denied
And so to herself
In Italian she cried
Oh! Oh! oh Antonio, he's gone away
Left me alone-ee-o, all on my own-ee-o
I want to meet him with his new sweetheart
Then up will go Antonio and his ice-cream cart
So sad grew the plight of this fair young lass
She'd faint at the sight of an ice-cream glass
She dreamed nigh every day he'd come back to stay
Then he'd fade away.
Her old hurdy-gurdy
All day she'd parade
And this she would sing,
To the tunes that it played.
Oh! Oh! Antonio, he's gone away
left me alone-ee-o, all on my own-ee-o
I want to meet him with his new sweetheart
Then up will go Antonio and his ice-cream cart
Oh! Oh! Antonio, he's gone away
Left me alone-ee-o
All on my own-ee-o
I want to meet him with his new sweetheart
Then up will go Antonio and his ice-cream cart
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