I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY
(Jon Hendricks)

Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 - 1953
Georgia Gibbs - 1955
Lillian Briggs - 1955
Sy Oliver & His Orch. (vocal: Jim Brown) - 1955
Ellie Greenwich - 1968
Billie Davis - 1968
Jump With Joey - 1989
Dana Gillespie & Joachim Palden - 1990
Bombay Jim & The Swinging Sapphires - 2000
Linda & The Big King Jive Daddies - 2000
Janis Siegel - 2001

Also recorded by:
Rebecca Kilgore; Gia Maione; Kevin Mark; The Comets;
Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's: ......... and others.



I (I)
I want (I want)
I want you (I want you)
I want you to (I want you to)
I want you to be (What?)
I want you to be my baby

Will (Will)
Will you (Will you)
Will you please (Will you please)
Will you please tell (Will you please tell)
Will you please tell me (What?)
If you're gonna be my baby

Listen to your Mama and you never will regret it
And if anybody wonders you can tell 'em that I said it
The only thing I know is that I never can forget ya
I been longin' for ya baby ever since the day I met ya
I gotcha where I want ya and I'm never gonna let ya get away from me

Hear what I tell ya
I'm the gal for you and so you'd better start to face it
If you ever lose my love you know you never can replace it
I think it's time for you to start to givin' me some lovin'
Carryin' a torch for you that's hotter than an oven
It's time for you to give me a little bit of lovin'
Baby, hold me tight and do what I tell you

I (I)
I want (I want)
I want you (I want you)
I want you to (I want you to)
I want you to be (What?)
I want you to be my baby

Will (Will)
Will you (Will you)
Will you please (Will you please)
Will you please tell (Will you please tell)
Will you please tell me (What?)
If you're going to be my baby

[Orchestral Break)

Hear what I tell ya
I'm the gal for you and so you'd better start to face it
If you ever lose my love you know you never can replace it
I think it's time for you to start to give me some lovin'
Carryin' a torch for you that's hotter than an oven
It's time for you to give me a little bit of lovin'
Baby, hold me tight and do what I tell you

I (I)
I want (I want)
I want you (I want you)
I want you to (I want you to)
I want you to be (What?)
I want you to be, want you to be
Want you to be my baby


(Transcribed from the Georgia Gibbs
recording by Mel Priddle - April 2006)