Alberta Hunter — How Long Sweet Daddy How Long

[Verse] Down in my heart, there lies a scream of misery My daddy left and didn't have a word to say Lonesome, I'm awfully lonesome For, people, he was the grandest man in all this world to me [Chorus] Now if you see my own dear daddy Please tell him I said fetch it home The days so lonesome, and the nights so long I had no loving since he's been gone I can't forget the way he used to hold me in his lovin' arms And call me mama, oh sweet mama Daddy, sweet daddy, how long, how long? [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] I say if you see my own dear daddy Please tell him I said bring it home The days so lonesome, and the nights so long I had no loving since he's been gone I can't forget the way he used to hold me in his lovin' arms And call me mama, oh sweet mama Daddy, sweet daddy, how long, how long? [Outro] Daddy, sweet daddy, how long, how long?