| Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home | |
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| 1902 - w.m. Hughie Cannon (1877-1912) | |
| Verse: | On one summer's day, Sun was shining fine. The lady love of old Bill Bailey was hanging clothes on de line in her back yard, and weeping hard. |
| Chorus: | Won't you come home Bill Bailey, won't you come home? She moans the whole day long; I'll do de cooking, darling, I'll pay de rent; I knows I've done you wrong. |
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