Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid.
It's not a joke, kid, it's a curse.
My luck is changing, it's gotten from
simply rotten to something worse
Who knows, some day I will win too.
I'll begin to reach my prime.
Now though I see what our end is,
All I can spend is just my time.
I can't give you anything but love, baby.
That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby.
Dream awhile, scheme awhile
We're sure to find
Happiness and I guess
All those things you've always pined for.
Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby.
Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby.
Till that lucky day you know darned well, baby.
I can't give you anything but love.
Rome wasn't built in a day, kid.
You have to pay, kid, for what you get.
But I am willing to wait, dear,
Your little mate, dear, will not forget.
You have a lifetime before you.
I'll adore you, come what may.
Please don't be blue for the present,
When it's so pleasant to hear you say
I can't give you anything but love, baby.
That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby.
Dream awhile, scheme awhile
We're sure to find
Happiness and I guess
All those things you've always pined for.
Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby.
Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby.
Till that lucky day you know darned well, baby.
I can't give you anything but love.
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- Red Nichols: A Tribute to His Music
- 1928, Vol. 3
- My Melancholy Baby (The Original Charleston, 1927 - 1928)
- Red Nichols Collection
- 1949
- B.G. & Big Tea in NYC
- Giants of Jazz: Pee Wee Russell
- Jazz in the Charts 006 (1927-1928)
- The Original Sounds of Chicago (The Cities Where Jazz Was...
- The Sound of Chicago: The Roots of Jazz
- History of Jazz: 1917-1927
- The Best Jazz Ever! Vol. 1
- The Jazz Years - The History Of Jazz
- The Real History of Jazz from 1917 to 1936
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