DADDY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME
>From the film "Thunderbolt" (1929)
(Sam Coslow)


Theresa Harris (Film Soundtrack) - 1929
Annette Hanshaw - 1929
The High Hatters (vocal: Belle Mann) - 1929
Back Bay Ramblers - 1988
Barbara Rosene - 2003








As recorded by ANNETTE HANSHAW, 31st May 1929:

When night is creepin', then I should be sleepin' in bed
If you were peepin', you'd find that I'm weepin' instead
My lovin' daddy left his baby again
Said he'd come back, but he forgot to say when

Night after night I'm cryin' 
Daddy, won't you please come home
Daddy, won't you please come home, I'm so lonesome
No one can fill that vacant chair
Home isn't home when you're not there
No need to knock, the door is open for you

Please daddy, even the clock keeps tickin'
Daddy, won't you please come home
Daddy, do you have to roam so very long
There's lots of other new sheiks who would like to be sheikin'
Haven't slipped yet, but I'm liable to weaken
Daddy, daddy, won't you please come home

(Orchestral Interlude)

Please Daddy, even the clock keeps tickin'
Daddy, won't you please come home
Daddy, do you have to roam so very long
There's lots of other new sheiks who would like to be sheikin'
Haven't slipped yet, but I'm liable to weaken
Daddy, Daddy, won't you please come home

That's all!






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2013)