Bad Baby

Written for: Spring Is Here (1930)
Performer: Inez Courtney
Lyric: Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1930
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse 1:

Baby, baby, it's bad to be so good,
You're gonna finish nowhere;
Baby, baby, step out, you know you should,
Go on and show them you're there,
When it comes to red-hot spoonin',
Baby, you're a frigidaire;

Chorus:

Oh, you're kinda meek in the moonlight,
'Round the parlor you holler, "No";
You wanna be good, well, you're gonna be good, bad baby.
Oh, you oughter act like your age, dear,
For at twenty you're plenty slow;
You wanna be good, well, you're gonna be good, bad baby.
Any time you talk to me,
It's a lot of "Ga-ga-ga."
Like to put you 'cross my knee,
Spank your little "Da-da-da."
Oh, a boogie man's gonna get you,
He'll just pet you and let you go;
You wanna be good, well, you're gonna be good, bad baby.

Verse 2:

Baby, baby, you've got a lot to learn,
You need a course in real love;
Baby, baby, just make your kisses burn,
Use what you've got a lot of,
Something tells me that you're slipping,
Better give yourself a shove;

[Chorus]