I've Got A Sweet Tooth Bothering Me 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Nov 2006
2006

"Take me to the dentist right away!"
shouted little Johnny Jones one day;
"Ive got a tooth
that's hurting me
and I simply can't delay."
In about an hour he was there
standing right beside the dentist's chair
and when they sat him inside,
to the dentist Johnny cried:

I've got a sweet tooth bothering me,
pull it out, pull it out,
pull it out;
It isn't candy or molasses,
it isn't honey, jam or cake,
but when a sweet young lady passes,
my tooth begins to ache
like the dickens,
I don't use sugar at all
in my coffee or my tea;
But when I meet Rosie, Flo or May,
my wisdom tooth says: "Keep away,"
but my sweet tooth starts bothering me.

I've got a sweet tooth bothering me,
pull it out, pull it out,
pull it out;
It isn't candy or molasses,
it isn't honey, jam or cake,
but when a sweet young lady passes,
my tooth begins to ache
like the dickens,
I don't use sugar at all
in my coffee or my tea;
But when I meet Rosie, Flo or May,
my wisdom tooth says: "Keep away,"
but my sweet tooth starts bothering me.

Johnny hollered out: "There's no one home
in the second story of my dome,
except a thousand ladies fair
and it's like a honeycomb,
ev'ry night when I sit down to eat,
first I have my oysters, soup and meat,
and then my favorite dessert
is the rustle of a skirt...

I've got a sweet tooth bothering me,
pull it out, pull it out,
pull it out;
It isn't candy or molasses,
it isn't honey, jam or cake,
but when a sweet young lady passes,
my tooth begins to ache
like the dickens,
I don't use sugar at all
in my coffee or my tea;
But when I meet Rosie, Flo or May,
my wisdom tooth says: "Keep away,"
but my sweet tooth starts bothering me.

I've got a sweet tooth bothering me,
pull it out, pull it out,
pull it out;
It isn't candy or molasses,
it isn't honey, jam or cake,
but when a sweet young lady passes,
my tooth begins to ache
like the dickens,
I don't use sugar at all
in my coffee or my tea;
But when I meet Rosie, Flo or May,
my wisdom tooth says: "Keep away,"
but my sweet tooth starts bothering me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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I've Got A Sweet Tooth Bothering Me 1916
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© MCMXVI by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 17 November 2006 at 11.05am
in association with Doug Grierson
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