a 1922 popular song
words by Harry De Costa
music by M. K. Jerome
The sheet music:
Accompaniment – piano roll Vocalstyle 12245
played by Mary Allison:
Lyrics
- I’ve had the blues in every form
Till now I’ve weathered every storm
But I am caught at last, and I am sinking fast
In an awful puddle of gloom
I’m gonna die if I don’t cuddle up soon
Chorus:
I’ve got the cuddle up blues
Can’t keep from cryin’
This feelin’ I’ll never lose, ‘tho I keep tryin’
My sweetie went and threw me down
There’s not another soul in town
Who I care about, and I’ll die without
The kind of lovin’ that I’m cravin’
I’m losin’ my appetite, can’t last much longer
I’m prayin’ both day and night
For some good news
If I don’t find my lovin’ mate
I never will recuperate
I’m in an awful muddle
Since I got the cuddle up blues
- Had many love affairs before
Just “puppy” love and nothin’ more
But now I wanna state, I surely met my fate
I’d give everything that I own
If it would only bring my sweetie back home
Sung here by Fred Feild: