How Long, Sweet Daddy, How Long? - Alberta Hunter

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

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 ain’t 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?

I said 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 ain’t had no loving since he’s been gone

I can’t forget the way he used to hold me in his loving' arms

And call me mama, oh sweet mama

Daddy, sweet daddy, how long, how long?

Daddy, sweet daddy, how long, how long?