WORDS AND MUSIC BY IDA EMERSON AND JOE E. HOWARD (Info)
1899
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8 Bar Introduction
Verse 1
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8 Bar Introduction
Verse 1
C7 F
F6 F
I'VE GOT A LIT-TLE BA-BY, BUT SHE'S OUT OF SIGHT,
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C7
I TALK TO HER A-CROSS THE TEL-E-PHONE;
C7
I'VE NEV-ER SEEN MY HON-EY BUT SHE'S MINE ALL RIGHT,
F
SO TAKE MY TIP, AN' LEAVE THIS GAL A-LONE
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EV-'RY SIN-GLE MORN-ING, YOU WILL HEAR ME YELL,
D7
Gm D7 Gm
"HEY CEN-TRAL! FIX ME UP A-LONG THE LINE."
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C
F D+
HE CON-NECTS ME WITH MY HON-EY, THEN I RING THE BELL,
G7
C7
AND THIS IS WHAT I SAY TO BA-BY MINE,
Verse 2
C7 F
F6
THIS MORN-ING, THROUGH THE 'PHONE,
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SHE SAID HER NAME WAS BESS,
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C7
AND NOW I KIND OF KNOW WHERE I AM AT;
C7
I'M SAT-IS-FIED BE-CAUSE I'VE GOT MY BABE'S AD-DRESS,
C7
F
HERE PAST-ED IN THE LIN-ING OF MY HAT
F
I AM MIGHT-Y SCARED, 'CAUSE IF THE WIRES GET CROSSED,
D7
Gm D7 Gm
'TWILL SEP-A-RATE ME FROM MY BA-BY MINE,
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C
F D+
THEN SOME OTH-ER GUY WILL WIN HER, AND MY GAME IS LOST,
G7
C7
AND SO EACH DAY I SHOUT A-LONG THE LINE,
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D7
G7
HEL-LO! MY BA-BY, HEL-LO! MY HON-EY, HEL-LO MY RAG-TIME GAL,
C7
F E7
F F#° C7
SEND ME A KISS BY WIRE, BA-BY MY HEART'S ON FIRE!.
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D7
IF YOU RE-FUSE ME, HON-EY, YOU'LL LOSE ME,
G7
THEN YOU'LL BE LEFT A-LONE;
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OH, BA-BY TEL-E-PHONE AND TELL ME I'M YOUR OWN.