Thank you,
you're very kind.
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?
Won't you come home?
I have been away too long
I'll do that cookin', honey
You just bring home the money
Bill Bailey,
please come on home
Each night when we sing this
Or make an attempt to swing this
We sing this song a different way
That's why I say,
who knows like Mack the Knife,
you may play this song all your life
So Bill Bailey,
won't you come on home,
as Miss Sophie Tucker might say
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey,
I say won't you come home
Oh, you've been away, oh honey,
you've been away too long
How's do that cookin', honey?
Yes, you just bring home the money
Some of these days,
you're gonna come on home
As Miss Della Reese might say,
won't you come home, Bill Bailey?
I say, won't you come home?
I say, you've been away too long.
And as Miss Pearl Bailey
might say,
Bill, honey, daddy,
you better bring it on home, because, honey,
I'm just so tired of waiting on you.
Honey, these shoes,
I'm telling you,
they can't wait no longer.
Yes, I said, won't you come,
won't you come,
won't you come on home, Bill Bailey
I say, you've been away
too long
Since you've been gone,
there's no stoppin'
To this thing they call beat -boppin'
So, Bailey,
please come on home
Now, everybody's twistin'
I say, everybody's twistin'
So, Bailey, please come on home
Oh, what a run
I've sung the lyrics
to the song all wrong
I guess it's time to say so long
So, won't you come on home?
Mama needs loving.
Baby, Bailey, won't you come, come,
come, come, come, come, come on home?
Oh -oh -oh -oh.
Oh.