Transcribed from vocals by Caroline Johnson, accompanied
by Fats Waller, recorded 4/23/1924.
From Fats
Waller 1922-1926; The Chronogical Classics, 664.
Once I had a loving daddy,
Just as good as he could be,
But I haven't got a daddy,
He's done gone away from me,
And since he left me behind,
Here's what's on my mind, I find:
Ain't got nobody to grind my coffee
in the morning,
Ain't got nobody to serve my breakfast
in bed,
My daddy went away
A week ago today,
How'm I gonna find a-
Nother coffee grinder
Who could do my grinding like my
sweet man could?
Ain't got nobody to light my brand-new
percolator,
Ain't got nobody to heat my oven
for me.
When my daddy was around me, he
was oh, so good,
He would haul my ashes, even chop
my kindling wood.
Ain't got nobody who would love
me like my daddy could,
And grind the coffee for me, I
say,
Grind the coffee for me!
Oh, my daddy used to love me pretty,
I'll confess,
And believe me, he was really different
from the rest,
Ain't got no other who could really
put me to a test,
And grind the coffee for me, I
say,
Grind the coffee for me!
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