KISSING BUG
(Rex Stewart / Billy Strayhorn / Joyce Sherrill)

as recorded by June Christy
with orchestra conducted by Bob Cooper
September 1959



You say that I'm the one you love,
You swear by all the stars above,
And then you kiss
Another miss,
You're nothin' but a kissin' bug!

You promised that you'd take my hand
And lead me to the preacher man,
And then I find
It's just a line,
You're nothin' but a kissin' bug!

You couldn't,
You wouldn't
Be true if you tried!
I told you,
Won't scold you,
I love you much,
You old such and such!

But I'm gonna buy some bugaboo,
And that'll be the end of you!
And then I hope I'll never ever
Love another kissin' bug!

You promised that you'd take my hand
And lead me to the preacher man,
And then I find
It's just a line,
You're nothin' but a kissin' bug!
You couldn't,
You wouldn't
Be true if you tried!
I told you,
Won't scold you,
I love you much,
You old such and such!

But I'm gonna buy some bugaboo,
And that'll be the end of you!
And then I hope I'll never love
Another kissin' kissin' bug!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2016)