Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home) - Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Well, won't you come home, Bill Bailey Won't you come home? I'm on the whole night long I'll do the cookin', honey I'll pay the rent I know I done you wrong Yeah, I remember that rainy evenin' I threw you out With nothin' but a fine-tooth comb Yeah, I know I'm to blame Well, ain't it a shame Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? Yeah, now won't you come home, Bill Bailey Won't you come home? I'm on the whole night long I'll do the cookin', honey I'll pay the rent I know I done you wrong Yeah now, remember that rainy evenin' I threw you out With nothin' but a fine-tooth comb Yeah, I know I'm to blame Well, ain't it a shame Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? Well, I remember that rainy evenin' I threw you out With nothin' but a fine-tooth comb I know I'm to blame Well, ain't it a shame Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?

Thank you, you're very kind Won't you come home Bill Bailey? Won't you come home? Ah you've been away, too long I do that cooking, honey You just bring home the money Bill Bailey, please come on home Each night, when we sing this We're making an attempt to swing this We sing this song a different way That's why I say Who knows, like Mack the Knife You may play this song all your life So Bill Bailey, won't you come on home? As Miss Sophie Tucker might say Won't you come home Bill Bailey? I say won't you come home? Oh, you've been away Oh honey you've been away too long I'll do that cooking honey, yes-ah You just bring home the money Some of these days, Bill You're gonna come on home As Miss Della Reese might say Won't you come home Bill Bailey? I say won't you come home? I say you've been away, too long And as Miss Pearl Bailey might say Bill, honey, daddy you'd better bring it on home Cause honey I'm just so tired of waiting on you Honey these shoes, I, I'm telling your baby it can't wait no longer Yes I said Won't you come, won't you come Won't you come on home, Bill Bailey? I say you've been away too long Since you've been gone there's no stopping To this thing they call bee-bopping So Bailey, please come on home Now everybody twist it I say everybody twist it So Bailey please come home, no more to roam I've sung the lyrics to this song so long I guess it's time to say so long So Bailey, won't you come on home? Mama needs loving! Bill, Bailey, won't you come Come home

Rosy won't you please come home? Mama don't know where you've been Rosy won't you please come home? Your room's clean and no one's in it Oh my Rosy, how I miss you You are all the world to me Take a look and see if you like it If you like it please come back Rosy won't you please come home? Since you've joined the upper classes You don't know us anymore Live and let your troubles pass Rosy, Rosy, will you write and tell me If you don't want to come back? I would sacrifice all I have To have a happy home once more Rosy won't you please come home? Two long years have passed away Since you tried to change your life Christmas wasn't quite the same Rosy, Rosy, got any answers? You are miles across the sea And I'll bake a cake if you tell me You are on the first plane home Rosy won't you please come home? Mama don't know where you've been Rosy won't you please come home? Your room's clean and no one's in it Oh my Rosy, how I miss you You are all the world to me Take a look and see if you like it If you like it please come back Oh Rosy, will you please come back?

Baby, won't you please come home 'Cause you've left your daddy all alone I have tried in vain Never no more to call your name Since you left, you broke your daddy's heart That will never make us part Every hour in the day You can hear me say Oh, baby, baby, please come on home Come on home to your daddy, will you, darling, please Since you left, you broke your daddy's heart That will never make us part Every hour in the day You can hear me say Oh, baby, won't you please come home to your loving daddy Oh, baby won't you please come home

Well baby won't you please come home? 'Cause your mama's all alone I'd tried in vain Never more, uh, to call your name I say, when you left you broke my heart Because I never thought we'd part Every hour in the day you can hear your mommy say "Baby, baby won't you please come on home?" Lil baby won't you please, please come on home? 'Cause your mama's all alone I have tried in vain Never no more to call your name When you left, when you left, when you left you broke my heart Because I never thought we'd part Every hour in the day you can hear me say "Baby want you please come home?" oh Baby won't you please, please come on home?

Sugar blues How I hate those sugar blues The whole town is singin' I like my coffee, and I like my tea But the doggone sugar turned sour on me I'm so unhappy Yes, I'm so blue I can hang my head down and cry Now you can say what you choose I'm all confused I've got those old sugar blues, yes pretty baby I've got those old sugar blues I said sugar blues Everybody's singin' the sugar blues The whole town is squawkin' I've got a woman live back in town, she's sweet as can be But the doggone fool, she turned sour on me I'm so unhappy Yes, I'm so blue I can lay right down here and die Now you can say what you choose I'm all confused I've got those sugar, the sugar blues I've got those old sugar blues

I knew a little girl Her name was Bee She'd flirt with every man That she did see She'd flirt with a man Called Mr Key She had a dress measured To her knee She went to the river She couldn't get across She paid five dollars For an old (grey) horse The horse wouldn't pull She swapped it for a bull All she could hear The boys was sayin' Won't you lower it babe Everybody's lookin' Lower it babe Everyone can see Won't you lower it babe Everybody's lookin' Short dress, no mo' style I knew a little girl Her name was (Bee) She'd flirt with every man That she did see She'd flirt with a man Called Mr Key She had a dress measured To her knee She went to the river She couldn't get across She paid five dollars For an old (grey) horse The horse wouldn't pull She swapped it for a bull All she could hear The boys was sayin' Won't you lower it babe Everybody's lookin' Lower it babe Everyone can see Won't you lower it babe Everybody's lookin' Short dress, no mo' style