My Darling Hildegard

(Don Reid)



Darling Hildegard.



Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum

Bum, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

Bum, ba, ba, um, ba, ba, buma

Um, ba, ba, bum, ba, ba, bum, ba, ba, um, ba, ba.



There was a lock on the gate in the front a your house all day

It could then have been out there for me to stay away

Is that my name carved on a dead tree in your yard

Why you treatin' me like this, my darlin' Hildegard?



Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum

Bum, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

Bum, ba, ba, um, ba, ba, buma

Um, ba, ba, bum, ba, ba, bum, ba, ba, um, ba, ba.



That go home yankee sign on your front door

Well, I think that, that was a little bit uncalled for

And my photo on the birdhouse was a cute jesture

Course I got the message but wasn't that a good picture of me.



Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum

Bum, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

Bum, ba, ba, um, ba, ba, buma

Um, ba, ba, bum, ba, ba, bum, ba, ba, um, ba, ba.



My darlin' Hildegard please don't be mad

I'll give everything you've never had

If you'll tear down all those signs and disreguard

All those things you think of me, my darlin' Hildegard.



Darlin' Hildegard...