Carmen Jones - My Joe Lyrics

1943 Broadway
Carmen Jones the Musical - My Joe Lyrics

The song is written by Georges Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II.

My Joe,
He wuz always my Joe.
Dere wuz no one but me
Joe said dere never could be.
We wuz in love,
An' I reckon we showed it.
F'um de way people talked,
Reckon everyone knowed it.
Kids on de street where we'd go
Useter yell at us:

"Cindy Lou belongs to Joe!"
Lawd! O Lawd, y' know dat dat wuz true,
An' Joey belonged to Cindy Lou.

I is skeered.
O Lawd! I is skeered!
I'se like a leaf dat los' her tree.
I'se alone.
O Lawd! I'se alone!

He got hisse'f anudder woman.
Now she got his arms all aroun' her
No, Lawd I cain' believe it's so.
No! No! Don' yer let her keep my Joe.
Make him t'row her back where he foun' her!
Joe!  Y' said dat both your arms wuz mine
Remember? Y' said your arms wuz mine.

I'se yo' gal,
I wuz always yo' gal.
Dere wuz no one but me
You said dere never could be.
We wuz in love,
An' I reckon we showed it.
F'um de way people talked,
Reckon everyone knowed it.
Kids on de street where we'd go
Useter yell at us:
"Cindy Lou belongs to Joe!"
Lawd! O Lawd, look down an' try to see
How you kin make Joe come home to me.

Carmen Jones the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Lift 'Em Up And Put 'Em Down
Dat's Love
You Talk Just Like My Maw
A Cafe On De Corner
Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum (Gypsy Song)
Stan' Up And Fight (Toreador Song)
Dis Flower (Flower Song)
Dat Ol' Boy (Card Song)
My Joe