Don't You Tell Me No

Always there's something you cannot get

Maybe the girl that you have just met

Or some sweet baby whom you have lost

Before you stopped to count the cost.

There's something I want now:

Oh mama, my mama,

Don't you tell me “No”

'Cause mama you see I'm yearning so

Oh mama, sweet mama,

My hands won't behave.

For your dear charms they creep and crave

Don't scold me,

Just hold me and fold me tight, oh tight!

Say, baby, I'll lose my mind if you don't treat me kind.

So mama, sweet mama honey to the bee

Is not as sweet as you to me.