Pretty Baby
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne & Tony Jackson
Words by Gus Kahn
Published 1916

[Verse 1]
You ask me why I'm al-ways teas-ing you,
You hate to have me call you Pret-ty Ba-by;
I real-ly thought that I was pleas-ing you,
For you're just a ba-by to me.

Your cun-ning lit-tle dim-ples and your ba-by stare,
Your ba-by talk and ba-by walk and cur-ly hair;
Your ba-by smile makes life worth while,
You're just as sweet as you can be.

[Chorus]
Ev-'ry-bod-dy loves a ba-by
that's why I'm in love with you,
Pret-ty Ba-by, Pret-ty Ba-by;

And I'd like to be your sis-ter,
bro-ther, dad and moth-er too,
Pret-ty Ba-by, Pret-ty Ba-by.

Won't you come and let me rock you
in my crad-le of love,
And we'll cud-dle all the time.

Oh! I want a Lov-in' Ba-by
and it might as well be you,
Pret-ty Ba-by of mine.

[Verse 2]
Your moth-er says you were the cut-est kid;
No won-der, dear-ie, that I'm wild a-bout you,
And all the cun-ning things you said and did.

Why, I love to fond-ly re-call, And just like Pe-ter Pan,
it seems you'll al-ways be The same sweet,
cun-ning, Lit-tle Ba-by dear to me.

And that is why I'm sure
that I will al-ways love you best of all.

[Repeat Chorus]