Can anyone help with lyrics to an old song?

My Dad sang this song when he was in Grade 1 in late 1920s. It goes, "Jimmy dear you'll have to tend the baby, Take your little sister for a walk", and then something about "around the block". Would anyone know the lyrics to this song? We would like to sing it to him on his 85th birthday later this year.
Thanks.

 

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Jimmy Dear

My Grammy used to sing this song to her kids, but sadly, my mother didn't sing it to me, so I never learned it. I have a single verse, dictated by my grandmother, and the chorus, dictated by my mom, but the song is not complete. My mom says it had a verse about playing baseball in it, but I will have to get back to you on those verses. If I can catch my mom or aunts singing it on a digital recorder I'll post it so you can hear the tune, too.

Here are the lyrics I have:

Dear Folks, behold a little boy who’s feeling very sad.
The way that I am picked upon would make a preacher mad.
I carry water, coal, and wood, and errands run all day,
But when I want to go and play I hear my mother say,

CHORUS:
Jimmy Dear, you’ll have to tend the baby,
Take your little sister for a walk.
You can rock her in the little cradle, maybe,
Or push her in the go-cart round the block.
Never pout or frown when mother calls you,
Little boys should cheerfully obey.
Ain’t it tough to be a boy!
Never get a bit of joy,
But have to tend the baby every day!

Hope this warms your heart!
~Jayna

 

Audio recording?

My grandma used to sing this song to me when my sister was a baby (and replace "Jimmy" with my name). I never knew where she learned it, but she was in grade school in the 1920s, consistent with what someone wrote above. She grew up in Columbus, Nebraska.

Does anyone have a recording of the song? I can't remember how the entire melody went.

 

Here's the way I learned it.

Jimmy dear, you'll have to tend to baby.
Take your little sister for a walk.
You can shake a little rattle for the baby.
Or push her in the go-cart 'round the block.
Mustn't fret or frown when Mother calls you,
Little boy who's feeling kinda sad.
Would you like to be a boy
Never has a bit of joy
But has to tend to baby every day?

Today I have a baseball game.
It's played upon the square.
They think I am the best pitcher;
I'm sure they need me there.
They have the water warm and clean
to swim and dive each day.
They have the water warm and clean.....
Just to hear my Mother say:

(repeat Jimmy Dear....)

I'd love to know where this song came from, and it's name...if anyone knows. My Mom taught it to me in the 40's.