Daddy
-Artists: Sammy Kaye and the Kaye Choir as sung on "Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky
-Hits" :-MCA Records-MSD2-35180/GMD80041
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1941
-competing versions charted by Joan Merrill (#13) and Frankie Masters (#21)
-introduced in the film "Two Latins From Manhattan"
-Words and Music by Bob Troup
: la-dah-dah, la-dah-dah, dah-dah-dah etc.
Hey, listen to my story 'bout a gal named Daisy Mae
Lazy Daisy Mae
Her disposition is rather sweet and charming
At times alarming, so they say
She has a man who's *talldarkhandsome*, large and strong
To whom she used to sing this song
Hey, Daddy, I want a diamond ring, bracelets, everything
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Hey, Daddy, gee, don't I look swell in sables?
Clothes with Paris labels?
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Here's *'n'amazing* revelation
With a bit of stimulation
I'd be a great sensation
I'd be your inspiration
Daddy, I want a brand new car, champagne, caviar
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Hey, Daddy, I want a diamond ring, bracelets, everything
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Hey, Daddy, gee, don't I look swell in sables?
Clothes with Paris labels?
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Here's *'n'amazing* revelation
With a bit of stimulation
I'd be a great sensation
I'd be your inspiration
Daddy, I want a brand new car, champagne, caviar
Daddy,
, Daddy,
You oughta get the best for me , la-dah!!
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: *The words "tall, dark, handsome" are sung so quickly
as to sound as one long word." Likewise, "an amazing" are jammed together.*
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.