Molasses Candy 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Apr 2010
2010

I was born down in Bam
where the sweet things grew
from a sweet fam'ly tree I came.
Trace my ancestors back
far as you can go
and you will find that each one
had a sweet pet name.
"Honey Hunch" "Icea Flake"
"Apple pie" "Angel Cake"
"Sugar lumpkin" "Apple Dumpling"
"Honey Bee!"
There's only one sweet pet name
my ancestors didn't take
and that's the one
they handed out to me.

Molasses Candy
'Lasses Candy, 'Lasses Candy
that's me.
A reg'lar gandy,
Dandy Branch of a sweet fam'ly tree.
"BonBon Buddy"
The Choc'late Drop,
that's my daddy,
"Honey Lady Sugar baby,
She was my mammy;
Mollasses candy,
'Lasses Candy 'Lasses Candy,
that's me!

Molasses Candy
'Lasses Candy, 'Lasses Candy
that's me.
A reg'lar gandy,
Dandy Branch of a sweet fam'ly tree.
"BonBon Buddy"
The Choc'late Drop,
that's my daddy,
"Honey Lady Sugar baby,
She was my mammy;
Mollasses candy,
'Lasses Candy 'Lasses Candy,
that's me!

Just before I left Bam
thought I'd change my name
'cause the boys used to laugh at me;
They said my candy name
should make me feel shame,
But I found out
that it was only jealousy.
If my name wasn't sweet
I would feel incomplete,
as the handy, dandy, candy 'lasses child;
I love to hear the girls call my name
'cause it sounds as sweet,
and that's why 'lasses candy
makes me smile.

Molasses Candy
'Lasses Candy, 'Lasses Candy
that's me.
A reg'lar gandy,
Dandy Branch of a sweet fam'ly tree.
"BonBon Buddy"
The Choc'late Drop,
that's my daddy,
"Honey Lady Sugar baby,
She was my mammy;
Mollasses candy,
'Lasses Candy 'Lasses Candy,
that's me!

Molasses Candy
'Lasses Candy, 'Lasses Candy
that's me.
A reg'lar gandy,
Dandy Branch of a sweet fam'ly tree.
"BonBon Buddy"
The Choc'late Drop,
that's my daddy,
"Honey Lady Sugar baby,
She was my mammy;
Mollasses candy,
'Lasses Candy 'Lasses Candy,
that's me!

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Molasses Candy 1910
Music by J.J.Hill
Lyrics by Eddie Leonard
© MCMX by Joe.W.Stern & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 14 April 2010 at 17.17
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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