Lyrics to
Guava Jelly

This version of Guava Jelly was released by Barbra Streisand in 1974.

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You say you love me
I say I love you
So why don’t you stop your crying
Dry your weeping eyes
You know I love you
Babe, here I am
Come rub it on my belly
Like guava jelly
Babe, here I am
Come rub it on my belly
Like guava jelly
You say you need me
I say I need you too,
So why don’t you stop your crying
Dry your weeping eyes
You know I love you
Babe, here I am
Come rub it on my belly
Like guava Jelly
Babe, here I am
Come rub it on my belly
Like guava jelly
Oh, yeah. . . (like guava jelly)
Oh, rub it on my belly
Oo rub it babe!
Oo. . . babe, babe
Oh rub it on my belly
Oh, yeah…
I said rub it
Rub it all over me
Oh babe, here I am, I say
Rub it on my belly
Like guava jelly
Oo, babe, here I am
Come rub it on my belly
Like guava jelly
Don’t stop rubbing, babe
Oo, babe it’s good babe
When you rub it on my belly
Keep rubbing on my belly, oh yeah!
Rub it, rub it,
Oh rub it on my belly. . .

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About Lyrics and Guava Jelly by Barbra Streisand

The lyrics to Guava Jelly are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Barbra Streisand in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Guava Jelly are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Barbra Streisand and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Guava Jelly back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Guava Jelly by Barbra Streisand in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Guava Jelly" means the words set to the music of Guava Jelly, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Guava Jelly and the lyrics to Guava Jelly are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to Guava Jelly, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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