HONEY IN THE HONEYCOMB
>From the Broadway Show "Cabin In The Sky" (1940)
(Music: Vernon Duke / Lyrics: John LaTouche)


Katherine Dunham (Broadway Production) - 1940
Lena Horne (feat. in the film "Cabin In The Sky") - 1943
Ethel Waters (feat. in the film "Cabin In The Sky") - 1943
Barbara Lea - 1956
Ketty Lester (Off-Broadway Revival) - 1964

Also recorded by: Sylvia Syms; Curtis Fuller.





What have I got that the others ain't
That always seems to please
T'ain't my perfume, nor my fancy paint
But when I charm the men all swarm 
Just like they was bees

There's honey in the honeycomb
There's sugar in the cane
There's oysters in a real oyster stew
And bubbles in sweet Champagne

There's jelly in the jellyroll
And sap in ev'ry tree
There's honey in the honeycomb
And, Honey, there's love in me

There's honey in the honeycomb
There's nectar in the peach
There's candy in a coconut shell
And mussels on ev'ry beach

There's money in the savings bank
And I personally guarantee
If there's honey in the honeycomb
Then, Baby, there's love in me


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2009)