Hello! Ma Baby

[Intro]
[?] song Hello! Ma Baby sung by Arthur Collins
Hello, hello people, hello
Please don't put me [off thatta way?]
Hello, hello, I said hello

[Verse 1]
I'se got a little baby but she's outta sight
I talk to her across the telephone
I'se never seen my honey, but she's mine, alright
So, take my tip and leave this girl alone
Ev'ry single morning, you will hear me yell
"Hey, Central, fix me up along the line"
He connects me with my honey, then I rings the bell
And this is what I say to baby mine

[Chorus]
Hello, ma baby
Hello, ma honey
Hello, ma ragtime gal
Send me a kiss by wire (Ya hear me?)
Baby, my heart's on fire
If you refuse me, honey, you'll lose me
Then you'll be left alone
Oh baby, telephone and tell me I'se your own

[Bridge]
Hello, hello baby, hello
I guess you don't hear me
The wires must be poor somewhere
Hello, hello, I said hello

[Verse 2]
This mornin' through the phone she said her name was Bess
And now I kind of know where I am at
I'se satisfied because I've got my babe's address
Here pasted in the linin' of my hat
I am mighty scared that if the wires get crossed
'Twill separate me from my baby mine
Then some other fool will win her and the game is lost
And so each day I shout along the line

[Chorus]
Hello, ma baby
Hello, ma honey
Hello, ma ragtime gal
Send me a kiss by wire (Ya hear me?)
Baby, my heart's on fire
If you refuse me, honey, you'll lose me
Then you'll be left alone
Oh baby, telephone and tell me I'se your own

[Outro]
[?]
Come on baby