(Written for John Speed Murphy, Evansville, Indiana.)
Grandma calls me Johnnie, father calls me John,
My sweetheart calls me Buddy, and the boys call me Don,
But mother, oh dear mother, whenever I come near,
She calls me darling BABY and sometimes "BABY DEAR."
I like the name of Johnnie, I'm proud of my name John,
I don't mind hearing Buddy and the shorter name of Don,
But though I love dear mother far more than all the rest,
Her name of DARLING BABY I thoroughly detest.