"I Want Yer, Ma Honey!"
An Ethiopian Oddity
Words and Music by
Fay Templeton, 1865-1939
New York: T. B. Harms & Co., 18 East 22nd St.
London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 195 Oxford Street
"I Want Yer, Ma Honey!"
Words and Music by
Fay Templeton
sung by Miss Ellaline Terriss
in H.J.W. Dams musical farce "The Shop Girl"
at the Gaiety Theatre
London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 142 Charing Cross Road Oxford Street end
New York: T. B. Harms & Co., 18 East 22nd St.
1. When de banjo’s astrummin’
And de darkies ahummin’,
Den I want yer, ma honey, yes, I do!
I’m a thinkin’ ob yer daily,
Dress’d so sweet and also gaily,
And my heart is forever true to you!
I’m athinkin’ ob yer sadly,
Co’s I love yer mighty madly,
And I don’t know what to do!
So come back to please me,
Don’t try for to tease me,
Co’s I want yer, ma honey, yes, I do!
REFRAIN 1
I want yer, ma honey, yes,
I want yer mighty badly;
I’m a longin’ for yer daily,
Co’s I love yer mighty madly!
So come back to please me,
Don’t try for to tease me,
Co’s I want yer, ma honey, yes,
I want yer, want yer, want yer;
Co’s I want yer, ma honey, yes, I do!
2. When de stars am agleamin’
And de birds am adreamin’,
Den I want yer, ma honey, yes, I do!
For I love yer ev’ry minute,
And nobody else is in it,
And my heart is forever true to you!
Den don’t linger longer,
Co’s my love is growin’ stronger,
And I don’t know what to do!
So come back, my lady,
My love and my baby,
Co’s I want yer, ma honey, yes, I do!
REFRAIN 2
I want yer, ma honey, yes,
I want yer ev’ry minute;
I’m a thinkin’ ob yer daily,
And nobody else is in it!
So come back, my lady,
My love and my baby,
Co’s I want yer, ma honey, yes,
I want yer, want yer, want yer;
Co’s I want yer, ma honey, yes, I do!