Alic Busby Don't Go Away 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Oct 2008
2008

Alic, is you goin' away
is you really gwine to stay?
Don't you go and throw me down,
Better not had leave dis town
You know I's der bestest gal
you ever had,
I mend your clothes
and cook yer meals
now dis am sad
You never ought to treat me dis a way
I hate to get my temper up today
You better listen while I say:

Don't go away, babe,
don't go away.
Oh! Lawdy!
Alexander, please don't go astray.
Oh! are you listening
to what I say, babe.
Alic Busby, don't go away.

Don't go away, babe,
don't go away.
Oh! Lawdy!
Alexander, please don't go astray.
Oh! are you listening
to what I say, babe.
Alic Busby, don't go away.

Here is ev'rything you own,
Collar button made of bone,
I studied niggerism through
Here's another halfsoled shoe.
Alic, I will make you wish
you'se never been born.
I bet a lead half dollar
you'll be back 'fore morn.
You needn't think dat I'm a goin' to play
You needn't do a single thing today.
You better listen while I say:

Don't go away, babe,
don't go away.
Oh! Lawdy!
Alexander, please don't go astray.
Oh! are you listening
to what I say, babe.
Alic Busby, don't go away.

Don't go away, babe,
don't go away.
Oh! Lawdy!
Alexander, please don't go astray.
Oh! are you listening
to what I say, babe.
Alic Busby, don't go away.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Alic Busby Don't Go Away 1903
Words & Music by Hughie Cannon
© MCMIII by Howley Haviland & Dresser - New York & Chicago
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 19 October 2008 at 16.44
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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