I Want a Little Girl - Count Basie & His Orchestra

by Murray Mencher & Billy Moll

I want a little girl, call my own.

She must be someone who’s all alone now.

Say, I want a little girl to fall in love with me, oh yeah.

I want a little girl, but she may not look

Just like a picture in a story book.

If she can cook chicken, yeah, she’ll suit me to a T.

And she don’t have to wave her hair

Or even wear fancy clothes, I wouldn’t even care.

She don’t wear nylon hose, oh.

I want a little girl to love a lot.

You know that I’d give her everything I got.

I want a little girl to fall in love with me.