I HATE MYSELF (FOR BEING SO MEAN TO YOU)
(Davis / Young / Ager)

as recorded by The Boswell Sisters
with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
March 23rd 1934 New York


If you don't come back I know I won't live long,
Feelin' low, worried so!
Like a weepin' willow, weepin' in the rain,
Sad am I, gonna cry!
How can I feel right though I've done wrong?
My spirit is gone!

That's why I hate myself, bein' mean to you,
Hate myself for bein' mean to you.
Eeeny meeney miney mo,
I broke your heart and let you go,
Hate myself for bein' mean to you!

I despise myself, sayin' the things I did,
I accept my fate, sayin' the things I did.
Gonna send myself a telegram
And tell myself what a fool I am,
I hate myself, sayin' the things I did!

Oh baby, do come back, do come back,
I'll never make you cry!
Stay away another day,
Kiss myself goodbye!
Gonna hide myself down in the deep deep blue,
'Cause I hate myself for bein' mean to you!

I hate myself for bein' mean,
(scat)
I hate myself for bein' mean,
(scat)

Oh baby, do come back, if you come back
I'll never make you cry!
Stay away another day,
I'll kiss myself goodbye!
Hide myself down in the deep blue,
Hate myself for bein' mean to you,
Hate myself for bein' mean to you!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2015)