(But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me)
A popular song from 1924
Words and music by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- I’m as happy as a king
Feelin’ good-n’ everyhing
I’m just like a bird in spring
Got to let it out
It’s my sweetie, can’t you guess?
Wild about her, I’ll confess
Does she love me? Oh! my! yes
That’s just why I shout
Chorus
Everybody loves my baby
But my baby don’t love nobody but me
Nobody but me
Everybody wants my baby
But my baby don’t want nobody but me
That’s plain to see
She’s got a form like Venus
Honest, I ain’t talking Greek
No one can come between us
She’s my Sheba, I’m her Sheik
That’s why everybody loves my baby
But my baby don’t love nobody but me
Nobody but me
- Everywhere my baby goes
Dressed up in the swellest clothes
She just vamps a gang of beaux
But that’s all bush-wa’
They all try to set a pace
Just to see who’ll be the ace
Then she puts them in their place
When they go too far
Chorus
Everybody loves my baby
But my baby don’t love nobody but me
Nobody but me
Everybody wants my baby
But my baby don’t want nobody but me
That’s plain to see
She is my sweet Patootie
And I am her lovin’ man
Knows how to do her duty
Loves me like no other can
That’s why everybody loves my baby
But my baby don’t love nobody but me
Nobody but me
Chorus
Everybody loves my baby
But my baby don’t love nobody but me
Nobody but me
Everybody wants my baby
But my baby don’t want nobody but me
That’s plain to see
Say, when my baby kisses me
Upon my rosy cheeks
I just let those kisses be
Don’t wash my face for weeks
That’s why everybody loves my baby
But my baby don’t love nobody but me
Nobody but me
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: