Lyrics How Long Sweet Daddy, How Long - Alberta Hunter

How Long Sweet Daddy, How Long

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?