“Sugar and Tea”
Description
"Lead her up to sugar and tea, Lead her up to candy. You swing 'round that sugar and tea While I swing 'round that dandy." "Hi oh that sugar and tea, Hi oh that candy, You swing 'round that sugar and tea While I swing 'round that dandy."
Supplemental text
Sugar and Tea
Partial text(s)
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He Loves Sugar and Tea
From Thomas W. Talley, Negro Folk Rhymes, pp. 84-85. It is item #112
(pp. 72-73) in the revised edition by Charles K. Wolfe.
Mistah Buster, he loves sugar an' tea.
Mistah Buster, he loves candy.
Mistah Buster, he's a Jim-dandy!
He can swing dem gals so handy.
Charlie's up an' Charlie's down.
Charlie's fine an' dandy,
Ev'ry time he goes to town,
He gets dem gals stick candy.
(2 additional stanzas)
Notes
This shares a chorus with the song I've indexed as "Dog in the Wood," but the verses are so distinct (that is a hunting song, this a courting song) that I've tentatively split them. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Dog in the Wood" (lyrics)
References
- Randolph 531, "Sugar and Tea" (1 text, 1 tune)
- ST R531 (Partial)
- Roud #7643
- BI, R531