Originally titled “Sugar” in 1927 It was republished in 1940. Words by Sidney Mitchell and Edna Alexander. Music by Maceo Pinkard.
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Have you heard what I’ve done?
Found a word just the one
That makes a better name
Than one I used to call my baby doll
Isn’t new, isn’t old
If you’ll do what you’re told
You’ll find the answer if you’ll take a look
In Mister Webster’s Dictionary Book
The word is
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Sugar, I call my baby my sugar
I never maybe my sugar
That’s why my baby is so confectionery
Funny, she never pleads for my money
But when she feeds me on honey
She gets her needs ev’rytime
I’d make a million trips
To her lips if I were a bee
‘Cause they are sweeter than any candy to me
She’s granulated sugar
I never cheat on my sugar
‘Cause I’m too sweet on my sugar
That sugar baby o’ mine
Chorus
Sugar, I call my baby my sugar
I never maybe my sugar
That’s why my baby is so confectionery
Funny, I never plead for his money
Cause when I feed him on honey
I get my needs ev’rytime
I’d make a million trips
To his lips if I were a bee
‘Cause they are sweeter than any candy to me
He’s granulated sugar
I never cheat on my sugar
‘Cause I’m too sweet on my sugar
That sugar baby o’ mine