I Don't Want Nobody But You 1926

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20Feb2025
2025

Why are you jealous of me?
You have no reason to be
Where have I given you cause to suspect?
What did I do?
I'm with you most of the night
I'm never out of your sight
How can you accuse me of neglect?
You know

I ain't got nobody
And I don't want nobody but you
I'd have my hands full of trouble
If I'd start in to doublecross you
I ain't gonna trifle
And I don't want to trifle, that's true
I know if I start to run around
That you'll start to run around too
So, if you see me talking to anyone
Walking with anyone now
Believe me, it's strictly business, and how
And let me tell you that I don't do to others
What I don't want the others to do
No! No! I ain't got nobody
And I don't want nobody but you

I ain't got nobody
And I don't want nobody but you
I'd have my hands full of trouble
If I'd start in to doublecross you
I ain't gonna trifle
And I don't want to trifle, that's true
I know if I start to run around
That you'll start to run around too
So, if you see me talking to anyone
Walking with anyone now
Believe me, it's strictly business, and how
And let me tell you that I don't do to others
What I don't want the others to do
No! No! I ain't got nobody
And I don't want nobody but you

What are you fussin' about
You know I never go out
Who ever pointed a finger at me?
(Answer me that)
While you are out with your chums
I sit and twiddle my thumbs
Still you look at me suspiciously
You know

I ain't got nobody
And I don't want nobody but you
Besides my one little brother
Let me see, there's another one, too
I've got an uncle
And you know what an uncle will do
He knows that I'm just an orphan
So he calls on me often, that's true
There's still another
You know my cousin Bill
Some day my cousin will call
He'll kiss me, but we're relations, that's all
If you deprive me of my sweet little uncle
And my cute little cousin, I'm through
You know I ain't got nobody
And I don't want nobody but you

I ain't got nobody
And I don't want nobody but you
Besides my one little brother
Let me see, there's another one, too
I've got an uncle
And you know what an uncle will do
He knows that I'm just an orphan
So he calls on me often, that's true
There's still another
You know my cousin Bill
Some day my cousin will call
He'll kiss me, but we're relations, that's all
If you deprive me of my sweet little uncle
And my cute little cousin, I'm through
You know I ain't got nobody
And I don't want nobody but you

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Don't Want Nobody But You 1926
Lyrics by Lewis & Young
Music by Abel Baer
© MCMXXVI by Leo Feist Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 20 February 2025 at 12.11
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne