DO YOU HAVE TO GO?
(Thomas "Fats" Waller / Anita Waller 1941)

Thomas "Fats" Waller & His Rhythm
recorded March 20th 1941 New York


Tell me why you're leaving,
Do you have to go?
(you know you don't have to go)
You were so deceiving,
And I love you so!
(it's only 2am baby, stick around)

At this hour of parting,
I would like to know,
(tell me baby, tell me)
Was I just a plaything?
Do you have to go?
(lay your head on my shoulder and explain it to me now)




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2018)