There's some distinctive punctuation.
It was a Big Song Hit, and he was indeed in the Follies, from 1917 to 1927, after which it was radio and movies until the inevitable irrelevance.
Eddie's recording was #74 on the top 200 of 1923. One of the lyrics:
I love to feel your teeny weeny hand in mine
I get a piggly wiggly feeling down my spine
The grocery store chain preceded the lyric.
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