Thomas Wright ‘Fats’ Waller “Honeysuckle Rose“ - LIVE!

Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 -- December 15, 1943) was an influential jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer, whose innovations to the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano, and whose best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame posthumously, in 1984 and 1999.

Every honeybee fills with jealousy
When they see you out with me.
I don't blame 'em, goodness knows,
My honeysuckle rose.

Flowers droop and sigh when you're passin' by,
and I know the reason why--
You're much sweeter, goodness knows
You're my honeysuckle rose.

I don't buy sugar--
You just have to touch my cup.
You're my sugar--
It's so sweet when you stir it up.

On the avenue, people look at you,
and I know just why they do,
You're much sweeter, goodness knows,
You're my honeysuckle rose.

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Every honeybee fills with jealousy
When they see you're out with me.
You're much sweeter, goodness knows,
You're my honeysuckle.

Oh....flowers droop and sigh when you're passin' by
and I know the reason why.
You're much sweeter, goodness knows,
You're my honeysuckle rose.

I don't buy sugar--
You just have to touch my cup.
You're my sugar--
It's so sweet when you stir it up

On the avenue, people look at you,
and I know just why they do.
You're much sweeter goodness knows,
You're my honeysuckle rose.
You're much sweeter, goodness knows,
My honeysuckle rose!