SWEET LITTLE DARLIN'
(Noel Paris / Gloria Shayne)

as recorded by Jo Stafford
with Paul Weston & his Orchestra
November 21st 1957 Los Angeles


Let me hold you for the last time
Before we say goodbye.
Let me hold you for the last time
And promise not to cry.
Ooh-ooh-ooh, sweet little darlin',
You'll always be my little darlin'!

Let me kiss you for the last time,
Although it breaks my heart.
When I kissed you for the first time,
I never dreamed we'd part.
Ooh-ooh-ooh, sweet little darlin',
You'll always be my little darlin'!

All the silent words your eyes are sayin'
Will follow me wherever I go,
And every night my heart will be prayin'
And lovin' you for ever, I know!

Oh my darlin' it's the last time
I'll hold you close to me.
Till we meet again the next time,
Who knows when that will be!
Ooh-ooh-ooh, sweet little darlin',
You'll always be my little darlin'!
Ooh-ooh-ooh, sweet little darlin',
You'll always be my little darlin'!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2018)