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Thread #110802   Message #2329141
Posted By: Jim Dixon
29-Apr-08 - 06:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Honeysuckle Rose
Subject: Lyr Add: HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (Razaf, Waller)
Here's the "other" Honeysuckle Rose:

HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
Words, Andy Razaf. Music, Thomas "Fats" Waller.
New York: Santly Bros., Inc., 1929.

1. Ev'ry honeybee
Fills with jealousy
When they see you out with me.
I don't blame them, goodness knows,
Honeysuckle Rose.

2. When you're passin' by,
Flowers droop and sigh,
And I know the reason why:
You're much sweeter, goodness knows,
Honeysuckle Rose.

BRIDGE: Don't buy sugar.
You just have to touch my cup.
You're my sugar.
It's sweet when you stir it up.

3. When I'm takin' sips
From your tasty lips,
Seems the honey fairly drips.
You're confection, goodness knows,
Honeysuckle Rose.

RedHotJazz.com has vocal recordings by –
McKinney's Cotton Pickers, 3-Feb-1930;
Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra, 10-Apr-1931;
Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, 23-Aug-1934;
Adrian and his Tap Room Gang, 14-Jun-1935;
Fats Waller and his Rhythm, 1-Jul-1941.
– plus several instrumental versions.

If you want to learn the tune, I recommend the first 2 recordings, because they're sung fairly "straight." Later recordings, including Waller's own, take liberties with the melody in true jazz fashion.