WE'RE HAVING A BABY

fr "Banjo Eyes" 1941 musical sb Eddie Cantor
& "Hollywood Canteen" 1944 film sb Eddie Cantor & Nora Martin
Vernon Duke (m) Harold Adamson (l)  1941

Eddie Cantor & Nora Martin (film soundtrack)


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We've been married a year or more,
It was a year worth living!
Now we've got a thrill in store,
Here's the news we're giving;

We're having a baby,
My baby and me;
You'll read it in Winchell
That we're adding a limb to our family tree!

While pushing that carriage,
How proud I will be!
There's nothing like marriage;
Ask your father and mother and they'll agree!

I stay home every night,
Love was a game and I played it!
Hello mom, what a fight!
Gee it was tough but I made it!

I'm thankful for wheaties,
They made a champion of me!
We're having a baby,
My baby and me!

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You've made me so happy!
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No trouble at all!
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I'm propud of you, pappy;
I'm so glad you invited the stork to call!

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There wasn't much to it,
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You're just being shy!
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No honey, there wasn't much to it;
Say, if Jessel can do it, so can I!

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Thanks to you, life is bright,
Why, you brought me joy beyond measure!
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Oh, don't thank me!
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No?
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It's quite alright,
Honestly it was a pleasure!

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Just think, it's my first one!
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The next one's on me!
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We're having a baby,
My baby and me!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2011)