“Sugar in My Coffee”
Description
Complaints about life laced with the refrain, "(How in the world do the old folks know) That I like sugar in my coffee-o." The singer may describe how he likes to drink, or wishes he were/were not living the life of a white man
Notes
The Randolph fragment is so short that it could just be a piece of "What'll I Do with the Baby-O," and Brown's texts are also distinct. The mention of "sugar in my coffee" may just be a floating line. But it's going to be very hard to identify any of these scraps with a "real" song.
Randolph suggests that the origin of this may be in the fiddle tune "Sugar in My Toddy-o." Certainly possible. In which case it may be related to "Jingle at the Window (Tideo)." - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "What'll I Do with the Baby-O" (floating lyrics)
References
- Randolph 565, "Sugar in my Coffee" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
- BrownIII 92, "I Do Love Sugar in My Coffee O" (2 short texts)
- Roud #7659
- BI, R565A