Hello! Ma Baby 1899

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Feb 2005

Hello! Hello! Hello!

I'se got a little baby,
but she's out of sight.
I talk to her across the telephone.
I'se never seen my honey,
but she's mine, all right;
so take my tip,
an' leave this girl alone.
Ev'ry single morning,
you will hear me yell:
"Hey Central! fix me up along the line."
He connects me with ma honey,
then I rings the bell,
and this is what I say to baby mine,

Hello! Ma Baby, Hello! Ma honey
Hello! ma ragtime gal.
Send me a kiss by wire,
Baby my heart's on fire!
If you refuse me,
Honey, you'll lose me,
then you'll be left alone;
Oh, baby, Telephone and tell me
I'se your own

Hello! Hello! Hello! There.

Hello! Ma Baby, Hello! Ma honey
Hello! ma ragtime gal.
Send me a kiss by wire,
Baby my heart's on fire!
If you refuse me,
Honey, you'll lose me,
then you'll be left alone;
Oh, baby, Telephone and tell me
I'se your own

Hello! Hello! Hello!

This morning, thro' the 'phone,
she said her name was Bess,
and now I kind of know
where I am at;
I'se satisfied because
I'se got my babe's address,
here pasted in the lining of my hat.
I am mighty scared,
'cause if the wires get crossed,
'twill separate me from ma baby mine.
Then some other coon will win her,
and my game is lost,
and so each day I shout along the line...

Hello! Ma Baby, Hello! Ma honey
Hello! ma ragtime gal.
Send me a kiss by wire,
Baby my heart's on fire!
If you refuse me,
Honey, you'll lose me,
then you'll be left alone;
Oh, baby, Telephone and tell me
I'se your own

Hello! Hello! Hello! There.

Hello! Ma Baby, Hello! Ma honey
Hello! ma ragtime gal.
Send me a kiss by wire,
Baby my heart's on fire!
If you refuse me,
Honey, you'll lose me,
then you'll be left alone;
Oh, baby, Telephone and tell me
I'se your own

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Hello Ma Baby 1899
Words & Music by Howard & Emerson
© 1899 by T.B. Harms & Co., 18 East 22nd St., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 20 February 2005 at 18.36
in association with Doug Grierson
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