The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73159   Message #1266680
Posted By: Jim Dixon
08-Sep-04 - 07:20 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love
Subject: Lyr Add: COOKING BREAKFAST FOR THE ONE I LOVE
There's a .wav file on this page. It's unlabeled, but I think it's Maria Muldaur.

The lyrics below are mostly copied from http://www.io.com/~jlc/alt_days/ad_lyr/lyr_014.html but I made some corrections based on several sound samples I found at allmusic, and the above sound file.

COOKING BREAKFAST FOR THE ONE I LOVE
Billy Rose, Henry Tobias

Morning, I'll be getting up.
Morning, I'll be setting up
A tiny table for two.
Breakfast! I'll be making his
Breakfast. He'll be taking his
Shave and his shower:
My happy hour!

The coffee is steaming.
Oh, boy! what I'm dreaming
While I'm cooking breakfast for the one I love.
My baby likes bacon,
And that's what I'm makin'
While I'm cooking breakfast for the one I love.
Our life has been so nice and chummy
Right from the start.
When I won his tummy,
I won his heart.
My baby is happy.
No wonder I'm happy
While I'm cooking breakfast for the one I love.

I'm baking a biscuit.
He's willing to risk it
While I'm cooking breakfast for the one I love.
While wiping the dishes,
What if he breaks a few dishes
While I'm cooking breakfast for the one I love?
I serve a plate of steaming oatmeal.
Taste it, but shucks!*
Who the heck wants oatmeal,
Sprinkled with "Lux?"*
To prove that he's grateful,
He eats a big plateful
And faints right after breakfast with the one he loves.

[Originally sung by Fanny Brice in the musical film "Be Yourself!" 1930.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFzJJpiXUog
*shucks/Lux - the original words, apparently. (Lux was a brand of soap.) Muldaur sang "yuck" and "salt" probably because too many people today wouldn't recognize "Lux".]