SUGAR PLUM
From the film "Thanks A Million" (1935)
(Music: Arthur Johnston / Lyrics: Gus Kahn)


Ann Dvorak & Patsy Kelly (Film Soundtrack) - 1935
Bob Howard & His Orch. (vocal: Bob Howard) - 1935
Teddy Wilson & His Orch. - 1936





My sweetie isn't very up to date
He's no sophisticate, I will admit
He doesn't sparkle when he speaks to me
But when he sings to me, he makes a hit

Although his head may worry you 
He still can thrill me through and through

He calls me Sugar Plum
Sugar Plum sounds kinda dumb
But nothing sounds dumb 
When it comes from the one I love

I call him Lollipop
Lollipop means he's the top
And he's the top
'Cause he's the one I love

We have a language that's all our own
I'm his Eskimo Pie and he's my Ice Cream Cone 

He calls me Sugar Plum
Yummy-yummy-yummy-yum
That's the way it sounds
When it comes from the one I love






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2012)