mama come home
fitzgerald, ella
papa and me we are hungry and howl
you've been away since a quarter to two
jumping around with that jitterbug crew
papa's been mending the holes in his socks
while you stick nickels in the jitterbug box
you've been away all day and that is why you hear me say
gone are the crackers and gone is the cheese
seein' that pap is a jitterbug too
and he is so mad that the house really rocks
you better come and bring the jitterbug box
papa and me we are hungry and howl
you've been away all day and that is why you hear me say
say papa's so mad that the house really rocks
you'd better come and bring the jitterbug box