Arthur Collins — Hello Ma Baby

[Intro] [?] song Hello! Ma Baby sung by Arthur Collins Hello, hello people, hello Please don't put me [off thatta way?] Hello, hello, I said hello [Verse 1] I'se got a little baby but she's outta sight I talk to her across the telephone I'se never seen my honey, but she's mine, alright So, take my tip and leave this girl alone Ev'ry single morning, you will hear me yell "Hey, Central, fix me up along the line" He connects me with my honey, then I rings the bell And this is what I say to baby mine [Chorus] Hello, ma baby Hello, ma honey Hello, ma ragtime gal Send me a kiss by wire (Ya hear me?) Baby, my heart's on fire If you refuse me, honey, you'll lose me Then you'll be left alone Oh baby, telephone and tell me I'se your own [Bridge] Hello, hello baby, hello I guess you don't hear me The wires must be poor somewhere Hello, hello, I said hello [Verse 2] This mornin' through the phone she said her name was Bess And now I kind of know where I am at I'se satisfied because I've got my babe's address Here pasted in the linin' of my hat I am mighty scared that if the wires get crossed 'Twill separate me from my baby mine Then some other fool will win her and the game is lost And so each day I shout along the line [Chorus] Hello, ma baby Hello, ma honey Hello, ma ragtime gal Send me a kiss by wire (Ya hear me?) Baby, my heart's on fire If you refuse me, honey, you'll lose me Then you'll be left alone Oh baby, telephone and tell me I'se your own [Outro] [?] Come on baby