Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee - Fats Waller, Caroline Johnson

Once I had a loving daddy

Just as good as he could be

But I haven’t got a daddy

He’s done gone away from me

And since he left me behind

Here’s what’s on my mind, I find:

Ain’t got nobody to grind my coffee in the morning

Ain’t got nobody to serve my breakfast in bed

My daddy went away

A week ago today

How’m I gonna find a-

Nother coffee grinder

Who could do my grinding like my sweet man could?

Ain’t got nobody to light my brand-new percolator

Ain’t got nobody to heat my oven for me

When my daddy was around me, he was oh, so good

He would haul my ashes, even chop my kindling wood

Ain’t got nobody who would love me like my daddy could

And grind the coffee for me, I say

Grind the coffee for me!

Oh, my daddy used to love me pretty, I’ll confess

And believe me, he was really different from the rest

Ain’t got no other who could really put me to a test

And grind the coffee for me, I say

Grind the coffee for me!