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Wait For Your Honey Boy Verse: Hello, dearie, just received your note, gee! But I am mighty glad you wrote, I’ve been kind of blue, thinking dear of you, nothing new to write to you about, ‘Cept of course to say without a doubt that I’m strong for you. Refrain: Wait for your honey boy, he’ll come back home, wait for your honey boy, no more he’ll roam, The days seem lonely when you’re away, I love you only, that’s why I say, Wait for your honey boy, he’ll wait for you, write to your honey boy, he’s feeling blue, In my dreams I hear you calling me, tho’ I’m across the deep blue sea, Wait for your honey boy, he’ll come back to you. Verse: Show this note to mother will you, dear? Tell her not to worry or to fear, I’ll be back someday, nevermore to stray, tell your dad his letter helped a lot, Gee! That postscript surely hit the spot, Daddy knows the way. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
Record Series 12/9/96
Series 2, Box 22, Folder 2
Local Identifier
2014_12996_749
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Wait For Your Honey Boy Verse: Hello, dearie, just received your note, gee! But I am mighty glad you wrote, I’ve been kind of blue, thinking dear of you, nothing new to write to you about, ‘Cept of course to say without a doubt that I’m strong for you. Refrain: Wait for your honey boy, he’ll come back home, wait for your honey boy, no more he’ll roam, The days seem lonely when you’re away, I love you only, that’s why I say, Wait for your honey boy, he’ll wait for you, write to your honey boy, he’s feeling blue, In my dreams I hear you calling me, tho’ I’m across the deep blue sea, Wait for your honey boy, he’ll come back to you. Verse: Show this note to mother will you, dear? Tell her not to worry or to fear, I’ll be back someday, nevermore to stray, tell your dad his letter helped a lot, Gee! That postscript surely hit the spot, Daddy knows the way. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
Series 2, Box 22, Folder 2
Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_749
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Wait For Your Honey Boy Verse: Hello, dearie, just received your note, gee! But I am mighty glad you wrote, I’ve been kind of blue, thinking dear of you, nothing new to write to you about, ‘Cept of course to say without a doubt that I’m strong for you. Refrain: Wait for your honey boy, he’ll come back home, wait for your honey boy, no more he’ll roam, The days seem lonely when you’re away, I love you only, that’s why I say, Wait for your honey boy, he’ll wait for you, write to your honey boy, he’s feeling blue, In my dreams I hear you calling me, tho’ I’m across the deep blue sea, Wait for your honey boy, he’ll come back to you. Verse: Show this note to mother will you, dear? Tell her not to worry or to fear, I’ll be back someday, nevermore to stray, tell your dad his letter helped a lot, Gee! That postscript surely hit the spot, Daddy knows the way. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
Series 2, Box 22, Folder 2
Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_749
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986