A popular song from 1919. Words and music by Howard Johnson, Murray Roth, and Cliff Hess.
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I used to call her Baby
She seemed like a baby to me
When she said that we should wed
You bet I was glad
Then I took her home
And introduced her to Dad
That’s when I lost my Baby
For Dad had coin you see
She never even stopped to say “Ta Ta”
Next day she turned around and married Pa
And just to think I used to call her Baby
And now she’s a mother to me
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I used to call her Baby
But since she’s my mother, oh see
Any time she comes along
And sits on my knee
She don’t seem to have
The same attraction for me
To think she was my Baby
It’s got me up a tree
Now when my evening pray’rs
Have all been said
She always tucks me in my little bed
And just to think I used to call her Baby
And now she’s a mother to me