(I Ain’t Got Nobody and)
A fox-trot ballad from 1926
Words by Lewis and Young
Music by Abel Baer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- 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
Chorus:
I ain’t got nobody
And I don’t want nobody but you
I’d have my hands full of trouble
If I’d started in to double-cross 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
Chorus:
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
(Oh, yes sir)
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