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How Long, Sweet Daddy, How Long Lyrics by Alberta Hunter

Alberta Hunter: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (1921-1923)

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[Verse]
Down in my heart, there lies a scream of misery
My daddy left and didn't have a word to say
Lonesome, I'm awfully lonesome
For, people, he was the grandest man in all this world to me
[Chorus]
Now if you see my own dear daddy
Please tell him I said fetch it home
The days so lonesome, and the nights so long
I had no loving since he's been gone
I can't forget the way he used to hold me in his lovin' arms
And call me mama, oh sweet mama
Daddy, sweet daddy, how long, how long?
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
I say if you see my own dear daddy
Please tell him I said bring it home
The days so lonesome, and the nights so long
I had no loving since he's been gone
I can't forget the way he used to hold me in his lovin' arms
And call me mama, oh sweet mama
Daddy, sweet daddy, how long, how long?
[Outro]
Daddy, sweet daddy, how long, how long?
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Alberta Hunter

Alberta Hunter

About “How Long, Sweet Daddy, How Long” by Alberta Hunter

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