AIN'T GOT NOBODY TO GRIND MY COFFEE
Clarence Williams / Bud Allen  1924

as rec by Clara Smith  Aug 9th 1928 New York

also rec by-
Caroline Johnson w Thomas "Fats" Waller '24
Mary Stafford


Once I had a loving daddy,
Just as sweet as he could be,
But my ever-loving daddy,
He's a-gone from me!
And since he left me behind,
Here's what's on my mind, I find;

Ain't got nobody to grind my coffee in the morning,
Ain't got nobody to serve my breakfast in bed!
My daddy went away
A week ago today;
How am I gonna find a-
-nother coffee grinder
To do my grindin' like my sweet man could do?

Ain't got nobody to light my brand new percolator,
Ain't got nobody to heat my oven duly!
When my daddy would love me, he was oh so good,
He could even haul my ashes, he would chop my kindlin' wood!
Ain't got nobody to love me like before,
And do my grinding for me!

My daddy used to love me pretty, I'll confess;
Belive me, he could do it different from the rest!
Ain't got nobody who could put me to a test,
And do my grinding for me, I say,
And do my grinding for me!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2011)