"Stay a Little Longer" is a Western swing dance tune written by Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan.
The title comes from a refrain in the chorus: Stay all night, stay a little longer, Dance all night, dance a little longer, Pull off your coat, throw it in the corner, Don't see why you can't stay a little longer.
The song consists of a number of unrelated verses, one of which (verse three) comes from an old folk song – "Shinbone Alley": You ought to see my Blue Eyed Sally, She lives way down on Shinbone Alley.
[1] Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys recorded it in 1945 and it reached number three in 1946.
In The Andy Griffith Show episode "The Darling Baby", the lyrics went like this: Stay all night, stay a little longer, Dance all night, dance a little longer, Take off your coat, throw it in the corner, Don't see why you can't stay a little longer.