Dat's Ma Honery Sho's Yo' Born 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Aug 2007
2007

Sadie Jones worked hard all day
for a fam'ly down at Sheepshead Bay
She had to do the washin'
ironin' and cookin'
and watch the children play
she fell in love with Silas Brown,
who lived way up in New York Town.
She kept the phone bells ringing
all the time was singing
when no one was around:

Dat's my honey sho's yo' born
and I'm wid him, right or wrong,
I've had some lovin'
that I cert'ny tho't was grand,
but I never know what love was
'til I met that man,
kissin' is his master piece
and he can hug jes like a grizzly bear
when the white folks ain't at home
I wears out the telephone
talkin' to my baby own
he can tease, he can squeeze,
he can please with such ease,
'cause dat's my honey, sho's yo' born.

Dat's my honey sho's yo' born
and I'm wid him, right or wrong,
I've had some lovin'
that I cert'ny tho't was grand,
but I never know what love was
'til I met that man,
kissin' is his master piece
and he can hug jes like a grizzly bear
when the white folks ain't at home
I wears out the telephone
talkin' to my baby own
he can tease, he can squeeze,
he can please with such ease,
'cause dat's my honey, sho's yo' born.

He's a man that's up to date
he looks jes like a fashion plate
a tantalising devil,
but he's on the level.
he is my running mate.
He wears them bestest silkiest socks
you know the kind that's got the clocks,
If I ever catch him flirting
there will be some hurting
I'm sly just like a fox.

Dat's my honey sho's yo' born
and I'm wid him, right or wrong,
I've had some lovin'
that I cert'ny tho't was grand,
but I never know what love was
'til I met that man,
kissin' is his master piece
and he can hug jes like a grizzly bear
when the white folks ain't at home
I wears out the telephone
talkin' to my baby own
he can tease, he can squeeze,
he can please with such ease,
'cause dat's my honey, sho's yo' born.

Dat's my honey sho's yo' born
and I'm wid him, right or wrong,
I've had some lovin'
that I cert'ny tho't was grand,
but I never know what love was
'til I met that man,
kissin' is his master piece
and he can hug jes like a grizzly bear
when the white folks ain't at home
I wears out the telephone
talkin' to my baby own
he can tease, he can squeeze,
he can please with such ease,
'cause dat's my honey, sho's yo' born.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Dat's Ma Honery Sho's Yo' Born 1912
Words & Music by Joe Jordan
© MCMXII by Will Rossiter, Chicaho, Illinois
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 29 August 2007 at 11.28am
in association with Doug Grierson
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