1st verse:]

Honey dear, honey dear

Can't you hear that ragtime mocking bird?

Lend an ear, lend an ear

To the dearest notes you ever have heard

Here's the man, here's the man

Here's the man who owns that mocking bird

Hear him yell that he'd sell it for a dollar bill

Yes he will, yes he will



[chorus:]

Honey, won't you buy for me that ragtime mocking bird?

Just open up your pocketbook

Can't you hear me holler?

Pay the man a dollar

Honey, if you buy for me that ragtime mocking bird

I'll call you names like King Louis the Third

If you buy for me that ragtime mocking bird



[2nd verse:]

Honey dove, honey dove

Don't you love that feathered Tetrazzin?

Ev'ry note in her throat

Is a boat chock'd full of peaches and cream

If your heart cares for art

Better part with that one dollar bill

Honey, why don't you buy that bird and keep me still?

Say you will, say you will