From “Street Girl”, 1929
Words by Sidney Clare
Music by Oscar Levant
The sheet music:
Lyrics
Da-dum Bu-da, Da-dum Bu-da
What a baby, Da-dum Bu-da
I’m really cravin’, I’m always ravin’ of
Da-dum Bu-da, Da-dum Bu-da
It ain’t maybe, Da-dum Bu-da
That I will stand by, and I will hand my love
Refrain
Talk about your classy dollies
That you don’t see in the Follies
Is she that way, lovable and sweet?
No one else can hold a candle
What a precious thing to handle
Is she that way, lovable and sweet?
What eyes, like skies, the bluer to lure your heart
What lips, that grips the redder the better
You like from the start
If you want an angel near ya
Holler out and she will hear ya
Is she that way, lovable and sweet?
- Da-dum Bu-da, Da-dum Bu-da
Am I lonely? Da-dum Bu-da
You’ll never know it, ‘cause I don’t show it now
Da-dum Bu-da, Da-dum Bu-da
She’s the only Da-dum Bu-da
Person I love and think a lot of, and how