BE DOGGONE SURE YOU CALL
(Billy Milton / Lilian Peck)


Georgia Gibbs - 1951
Jane Turzy Trio - 1951







As recorded by JANE TURZY:


Don't call me sugar, don't call me baby
But be doggone sure that you call

You wine me and you dine me, take me to the show
Ev'rything's rosy till we're ready to go
Then when we get home, standin' at the door
You kiss me once or twice, but I'm waitin' for more

Don't call me sugar, don't call me baby
But be doggone sure that you call

I know where you went last night, where you stayed till three
If you think that I don't know, then brother, wait and see
I wait here, but you don't phone, so when I get you all alone
You are gonna wish that ya never left home

Don't call me sugar, don't call me baby
But be doggone sure that you call

You tell me that you're buyin' the licence and the ring
And ev'ryone's lookin' for a weddin' in the Spring
Well, Winter's gone, Spring is here, I just wanna make it clear
I'n not gonna wait around for seven more years

Don't call me sugar, don't call me baby
But be doggone sure that you call

I don't want your money, honey, I just want your time
'Cause I'm gettin' mighty tired of hearin' that old line
Let's call it off and just be friends, you won't have to make amends
Just be sure to say 'Goodbye' if this is the end

Don't call me sugar, don't call me baby
But be doggone sure that you call

Now there isn't any use to keep a-knockin' on my door
'Cause I just decided not to let you in no more
But just in case I change my mind, find you're not the rovin' kind
You can still come up and see me any old time

Don't call me sugar, don't call me baby
But be doggone sure that you call
Break in the windows, kick in the screen door
But be doggone sure that you call






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2014)