CHORUS Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home? She means de whole day long;... I'll do de cooking, darling, I'll pay de rent: I know I've done you wrong;... 'Member dat rainy eve dat I drove you out, Wid nothing but a fine tooth comb? I knows I'm to blame; well ain't dat a shame? Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" with lyrics by Frank Fogerty and Music by Woodward and Jerome. CHORUS I wonder why Bill Bailey don't come home; You know Bill that you haven't got to roam, You've got my heart and you know, too, that all this money is waiting for you; And you gwine to leave your baby all alone! To get him back I've tried most ev'ry way. Even wrote to Beatrice Fairfax yesterday; He's the onliest man in the world for me, and we'd certainly live in luxury, I wonder why Bill Bailey don't come home.