by Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953)
Don't You Tell Me No
Language: English
Always there’s something you cannot get Maybe the girl that you have just met Or some sweet baby whom you have lost Before you stopped to count the cost. There’s something I want now: Oh mama, my mama, Don’t you tell me “No” ‘Cause mama you see I’m yearning so Oh mama, sweet mama, My hands won’t behave. For your dear charms they creep and crave Don’t scold me, Just hold me and fold me tight, oh tight! Say, baby, I’ll lose my mind if you don’t treat me kind. So mama, sweet mama honey to the bee Is not as sweet as you to me.
Text Authorship:
- by Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953), "Don't You Tell Me No", c1931-c1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-16
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