MY SUGAR BABE
(Lee Morse)

Lee Morse
recorded November 11th 1925


When the moon is shinin' on the valley,
I'm gonna see the sweetheart, pretty Sally.
Sittin' on the doorstep by the honeysuckle vine,
This is how I tell her that I wished she would be mine;

Oh, you're my sugar baby,
You're the sweetest thing that grows!
Like my mammy used to sing
"You're mighty like a rose".
There's an old old sayin',
And it's a-mighty hard to beat!
You're just as sweet as sugar,
Good enough to eat!

I was born out where the sugar cane grows,
Take it from me, baby, I'm a man that knows!
And you're my sugar baby,
You're the sweetest thing that grows!

Oh, you're my sugar baby,
You're the sweetest thing that grows!
Just like my mammy, she used to sing
"You're mighty like a rose".
There's an old old sayin',
And it's a-mighty hard to beat!
You're just as sweet as sugar, lawdy,
You're good enough to eat!

I was born out where the sugar cane grows,
Take it from me, baby, I'm a man that knows!
And you're my sugar baby,
You're the sweetest thing that grows,
I said the very sweet thing that grows!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2020)