Why Should I Weep About One Sweetie? 1923 'Jack Hylton's Band'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK 25 Apr 2005

In Alabama there's a heartbreakin' gal
each day she picked a diff'rent sweetie or pal
Next day she would say:
"Officer, officer, take him away,"
At last she fell in love with sweet lovin' Dan.
A pretty papa but a travellin' man,
he sneaked away one fine day,
and then they heard her say:

Why should I weep about one sweetie,
two sweeties, three sweeties,
or four, what's more
you'll find a half a dozen
buzzin' round my door,
I wouldn't weep about five sweeties,
six sweeties, I trick my sweeties,
from seven to eleven
I treat 'em sweet and pretty,
they think they're in Heaven
I've got a daddy and he's a dandy
I've got another who brings me candy
there's lots of others
who'd like to be handy with me
Oh! I'm a busy little bee,
why should I weep about one sweetie,
two sweeties, or three sweeties,
I leave 'em weepin' over me.

Why should I weep about one sweetie,
two sweeties, three sweeties,
or four, what's more
you'll find a half a dozen
buzzin' round my door,
I wouldn't weep about five sweeties,
six sweeties, I trick my sweeties,
from seven to eleven
I treat 'em sweet and pretty,
they think they're in Heaven
I've got a daddy and he's a dandy
I've got another who brings me candy
there's lots of others
who'd like to be handy with me
Oh! I'm a busy little bee,
why should I weep about one sweetie,
two sweeties, or three sweeties,
I leave 'em weepin' over me.

This flirting Sheba went to look for her Dan
she spent the summer
looking 'round for that man.
All day she would moan:
"Honey Man, Honey Man, won't you come home,"
Most ev'rybody wondered what it could be
that kept her moaning so she whispered to me,
He took my things, my bedsprings,
and my four wedding rings:

Why should I weep about one sweetie,
two sweeties, three sweeties,
or four, what's more
you'll find a half a dozen
buzzin' round my door,
I wouldn't weep about five sweeties,
six sweeties, I trick my sweeties,
from seven to eleven
I treat 'em sweet and pretty,
they think they're in Heaven
I've got a daddy and he's a dandy
I've got another who brings me candy
there's lots of others
who'd like to be handy with me
Oh! I'm a busy little bee,
why should I weep about one sweetie,
two sweeties, or three sweeties,
I leave 'em weepin' over me.

Why should I weep about one sweetie,
two sweeties, three sweeties,
or four, what's more
you'll find a half a dozen
buzzin' round my door,
I wouldn't weep about five sweeties,
six sweeties, I trick my sweeties,
from seven to eleven
I treat 'em sweet and pretty,
they think they're in Heaven
I've got a daddy and he's a dandy
I've got another who brings me candy
there's lots of others
who'd like to be handy with me
Oh! I'm a busy little bee,
why should I weep about one sweetie,
two sweeties, or three sweeties,
I leave 'em weepin' over me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Why Should I Weep About One Sweetie? 1923
Music by James F. Hanley
Lyrics by Henry Creamer
played by Jack Hylton's Band
© MCMXXIII by Shapiro, Bernstein & Do.Inc. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 25 April 2005 at 11.59
in association with Doug Grierson
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