. . . My Darling, a 1955 popular song
Featured in The Cotton Club Revue of 1958.
Words and music by Benny Davis and Milton Ager.
Piano score by Michael Edwards.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I have looked around for a pet name
A pretty pet name it must be
And at last I think I’ve found that pet name
That fits my darling to a “T”
It’s in my heart forever to stay
I sing it a million times a day
Chorus
You are my Tzatskela, you’re heaven to me
My little Tzatskela, my lemon and tea
You are the song I sing, my roses in the spring
To me you’re ev’rything, my Tzatskela
I love your pretty eyes, they sparkle and shine
I love the way they say they’re gonna be mine
And ev’ry time we kiss it’s sweeter than wine
Oh, hi-de, di-de, di-de diddle
Tzatskela means cute and little
Marry me and be my Tzatskela
Sung here by Vancha March: