Ma Dinah Lee 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 4 Jan 2012
2012

Weary and sad
Awful mad
Sugar baby,
Done flown away.
Had a fight,
Tuesday night
'Bout a lady,
Miss Tilda Shay.
She was sore,
showed me the door,
'Cos I tried to be,
too polite,
She turned me down,
called a clown,
Dat's de reason,
I's here tonight.

Sugar, ma honey!
Don't be angry dear,
Cos I'se waiting here.
Dinah! I love's yer,
Fo' you'se de sweetest honey,
You'se ma Dinah Lee.

Sugar, ma honey!
Don't be angry dear,
Cos I'se waiting here.
Dinah! I love's yer,
Fo' you'se de sweetest honey,
You'se ma Dinah Lee.

Want a meal
I have to steal
Got no money,
Want to eat.
Out in the rain,
Bones full of pain
Lost ma ticket
Broke ma claim.
Lost all hope
No use to try,
Better kill maself,
Spec's I'll die,
Don't yer see,
Dinah Lee,
I'se a starvin
Fo' chicken pie.

Sugar, ma honey!
Don't be angry dear,
Cos I'se waiting here.
Dinah! I love's yer,
Fo' you'se de sweetest honey,
You'se ma Dinah Lee.

Sugar, ma honey!
Don't be angry dear,
Cos I'se waiting here.
Dinah! I love's yer,
Fo' you'se de sweetest honey,
You'se ma Dinah Lee.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ma Dinah Lee 1903
by Theo H. Northrup
© MCMIII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 4 January 2012 at 22.12
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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