Now here's a story about
A great big old giant
Ooh!
My money
My honey
And me


I been digging all those stories about the West the cats have told
Me and my baby cut out there, dig us up a mess of gold
The minute we find a buried treasure, I looked up and see
A great big old eight-foot giant looking dead on me


And that dood it, you know, and that dood it
I didn't have no more eyes for digging up no more gold
No, no, no, no, no, no!


I grabbed what I had in one hand and my baby by the other
A giant grabbed my coattail and said, "Don't you go another further"
I ripped off my coat when I was shaking the scene
But what really got my goat was when I heard my baby scream


An'd that dood it, ooh-wee! And that dood it
Because I am not going nowhere, and leave my baby there
No, no, no, no, no, no!


I put on my brakes and stopped dead in my tracks
As much as I hated the idea, I went crawling on back
I said, "Look-a here, Mister Giant," as I raised slowly on one knee
"I'll do anything you say. Hand my baby to me."


And that dood it, mm-hmm, and that dood it
He said, "You bust that loose, and I'll set your baby free."
No, no, no, no, no, no!



I said, "I'll make you a proposition. It's up to you to choose
It's either your money or your honey. One of the two you'll have to lose."
I said, "Mister Giant, I want to thank you for taking a load off my mind
But when it come to choosin' between my money—and my honey
I take my money—what I'm sayin'?—I mean my honey everytime."


And that dood it, you know, and that dood it
Now the giant got the money and I got my honey, and everybody's feeling fine
No, no, no, no, no, no!



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released 
November, 1957

Label

Federal 


Baby Cries Over the Ocean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby cries over the ocean
Baby cries over the sea
Baby cries over the ocean
Baby cries over the sea
Baby cries over the ocean
Bring back my baby to me


Baby cries over the river
Baby cries over the park
Hold and I love her and I miss her
Sing about her in my song
Baby cries over the ocean
Bring back my baby to me


You can cry me a river
Cry me an ocean
I won't drown in my own tears
You know pretty baby
You give me a notion
It's your boyfriend that I do fear


Baby cries over the ocean
Baby cries over the sea
Baby cries over the ocean
Bring back my baby to me
Baby cries over the ocean
Bring back my baby to me


You can cry me a river
Cry me an ocean
I won't drown in my own tears
You know pretty baby
You give me a notion
It's your boyfriend that I do fear


Baby cries over the ocean
Baby cries over the sea
Baby cries over the ocean
Bring cries over the sea
Baby cries over the ocean
Bring back my baby to me


Bring back my baby to me
Bring back
Bring back
Oh, bring back
Bring back





Composer  Lyricist: James Brown