| Thank you, you’re very kind
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| Won’t you come home, 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 the money
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| Bill Bailey, please, 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, won’t you come on home?
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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, 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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| 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?
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| I say, you’ve been away too long
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| And as Miss Pearl Bailey might say
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| Bill, honey, daddy, you’d better bring it on home
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| 'Cause, honey, I’m just so tired of waiting on you
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| Honey, these shoes--I, I’m telling you, baby, it can’t wait no longer
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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
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| Since you’ve been gone, there’s no stopping
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| To this thing they call bee-bopping
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| So, Bailey, please, come on home
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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, no more to roam
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| I’ve 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, won’t you come?
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| Come home |