Stop Beatin’ ’Round the Mulberry Bush (1st Take)

[Verse 1: Band]
Oh, I love coffee, I love tea
I love the girl and she don't love me
Oh me, oh my, oh me, oh my
My baby don't love me

[Verse 2: Band]
I got a car, a bungalow too
All I need is a girl like you
Oh me, oh my, oh me, oh my
Just a bungalow for two

[Chorus: Jimmy Rushing]
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
Come out and say you love me
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
When there's a moon above me

[Bridge: Jimmy Rushing]
This is the way to win my heart
Win my heart, win my heart
Better begin before we part
Blue and broken-hearted

[Chorus: Jimmy Rushing]
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
Come out and say you love me

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus: Jimmy Rushing]
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
Come out and say you love me

[Verse 3: Band]
Oh, this is the way to win my heart
You better start before we part
Tra la, tra la, tra la, tra la
Let's start before we part

[Chorus: Jimmy Rushing]
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush
The mulberry bush
Stop beatin' 'round the mulberry bush
Come out and say you love me
Come out and say you love me