YOU GOTTA BUY, BUY, BUY FOR BABY
(Walter Kent / Walton Farrar)

as recorded by Kay Starr
with Frank DeVol & his Orchestra
1949


You gotta buy, buy, buy for baby,
Or baby's gonna say "bye bye!"
You gotta try, try, try for baby,
Or baby gets another guy!

Not that baby wants to break your back,
Not that baby wants to take your jack,
Just show your lover with a Cadillac,
A Caddyack, Caddyack!
You gotta buy, buy, buy for baby,
Or baby's gotta say bye bye!

Not that baby wants to get your goat,
Not that baby wants a motor boat,
Just show your lover with a sable coat,
A coatleyote, coatleyote!

You gotta lift your baby,
Or baby, she's gonna say "so long!"
You gotta prove you love baby,
Or baby, she's gonna get you wrong!
Not that baby wants to clip your wings,
Not that baby wants a lotta things,
Just prove you love her with some diamond rings,
Rillyings, rillyings!
You gotta buy, buy, buy for baby,
Or baby's gonna say "bye bye!"
Get me these things,
A Caddillyack, coatleyote, ringlying, everything, 
hear me sing, baby,
Or I'm gonna say "bye bye!"




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2020)