21. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home (1919)

lyrics and music by Charles Warfield & Clarence Williams 

[stereo]

Baby won’t you please come home
‘Cause your mama’s all alone
I have tried in vain
Never no more to call your name

When you left you broke my heart
Because I never thought we’d part
Every hour in the day
You will hear me say
Baby won’t you please come home

(bridge)

Baby won’t you please come home
‘Cause your mama’s all alone
I have tried in vain
Never no more to call your name

When you left you broke my heart
Because I never thought we’d part
Every hour in the day
You will hear your mama say
Oh baby, won’t you please come on home
Mama needs daddy
Hey baby,
Won’t you please come home

 

George Thomas was the first to sing it