bill bailey wont you please come home chords by Ella Fitzgerald

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Verse 1
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Thank you,
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you're very kind
Won't you come home,
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Bill Bailey?
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Won't you come home?
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Ah, you've been away  too long
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I do that cooking, honey
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You just bring home
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the money
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Bill Bailey, please,
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come on home
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Each night, when we sing this
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We're making an attempt to swing this
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We sing this song a  different way
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That's why I say
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Who knows, like Mack the Knife
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You may    play this song all your life
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So, Bill Bailey,
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won't you come on home?

Verse 2
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As Miss Sophie Tucker might say
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Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?
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I say, won't you come home?
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Oh, you've been away
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Oh honey,
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you've been away too long
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I'll do that cooking, honey, yes
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You just bring home the money
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Some of these days, Bill
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You're gonna  come on home

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Verse 3

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As Miss Della Reese might say

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Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?

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I say, won't you come home?

I say, you've been away too long

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Verse 4
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as Miss Pearl Bailey
might say
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Bill, honey, daddy,
you'd better bring it on home
'Cause, honey,
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I'm just so tired of waiting on you
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Honey, these shoes--I, I'm I'm telling you, baby,
it can't wait no longer

Verse 5
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Yes, I said
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Won't you come, won't you come?
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Won't you come on home, Bill Bailey?
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I say, you've been away too long
Since you've been gone,
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there's no stopping
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To this thing they call bee-bopping
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So, Bailey, please,
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come on home
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Verse 6
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Now, everybody, twist it
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I say, everybody, twist it
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So, Bailey, please, come home,
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no more to roam
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I've

Verse 7
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sung the lyrics to
this song so long
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I guess it's time to say so long
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So, Bailey, won't you come on home?
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Mama needs loving
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Bill, Bailey,
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won't you come?
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Come home