Nina Simone

Be My Husband

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Be my husband man I be your wife
Be my husband man I be your wife
Be my husband man I be your wife
Loving all of you the rest of your life yeah

If you promise me you'll be my man
If you promise me you'll be my man
If you promise me you'll be my man
I will love you the best I can yeah

Stick the promise man you made me
Stick the promise man that you made me
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Stick the promise man you made me
That you stay away from Rosalie yeah

Oh daddy love me good
Oh daddy now love me good
Oh daddy love me good
Oh daddy now love me good

If you want me to cook and sew
If you want me to cook and sew
If you want me to cook and sew yeah
Outside of you there is no place to go

Please don't treat me so doggone mean
Please don't treat me so doggone mean
Please don't treat me so now doggone mean yeah
You're the meanest man I ever see

Oh daddy now love me good
Oh daddy love me good yeah
Oh daddy love me good yeah
Oh daddy now love me good

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golgotha On Jun 06, 2002

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by 6GUNSALLY

14y ago

I believe the couple is already married (especially due to the timing of this song...back when few people lived together outside of marriage), but she wishes for him to act like her husband. She finds him mean. She's willing to cook and sew and be the wife that he wants, but she needs him to "act" like her husband...loving; kind; loyal; giving, etc. He is called "daddy' either because he's older (which was the case in many relationships of that time) or because he's the one more financially responsible for the family unit. Also, back then the man usually ruled the roost, which was acceptable providing he treated his woman well.

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by Theresnothingleft 14y ago

I love her and this song, but the thought of marriage is rather disturbing!

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