Listen to Be My Husband by Nina Simone

Be My Husband

Nina Simone

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Nina Simone

Performer

Al Shackman

Guitar

Rudy Stevenson

Guitar

Lisle Atkinson

Double Bass

Bobby Hamilton

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Andy Stroud

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Hal Mooney

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Be my husband, man, I'll be your wife

Be my husband, man, I be your wife

Be my husband, man, I be your wife

Loving all of you the rest of your life, yeah

[Verse 2]

If you promise me you'll be my man, yeah

If you promise me you'll be my man, yeah-um-dah

If you promise me you'll be my man

I will love you the best I can, yeah

[Verse 3]

Stick to the promise, man, you made me, daddy

Stick to the promise, man, that you made me, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Stick to the promise, man, that you made me, whoa-ho

That you'd stay away from Rosalie, yeah

[Verse 4]

Oh daddy, love me good

Oh daddy, now love me good, woo

Oh daddy, love me good

Oh daddy, now love me good

[Verse 5]

If you want me to, I'll cook and sew

If you want me to, I'll cook and sew, ba-da-da-da

If you want me to, I'll cook and sew, yeah

Outside of you there is no place to go

[Verse 6]

Please don't treat me so doggone mean

Please don't treat me so doggone mean, daddy

Please don't treat me so now doggone mean, yeah

You're the meanest man I've ever seen

[Verse 7]

Oh daddy, now love me good

Oh daddy, love me good, yeah

Oh daddy, love me good, yeah

Oh daddy, love me good

Written by: Andrew Benjamin Stroud, Andy Stroud

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