A 1904 popular song.
Words by Gerald Kelley.
Music by James M. Fulton.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- There’s a dainty little oriental maid
She lives ‘way down in Tokio
She is just as cute as any maid could be
And her eyes with love-light glow
But the lad she loves is fighting far away
Beneath the flag of old Japan
Her heart forlorn with fear is torn
And she sings this plaintive lay
In such a fascinating captivating way
Chorus
My heart is with you soldier lad
I dream of you all day
O soldier boy I love you so
My heart shall never stray
As long as stars in heaven shine
As long as skies are blue
Whate’er betide I’ll be your little bride
For I’m waiting soldier lad for you
- But she little knows that ‘neath Russian snows
Her soldier lad is laid away
Mid the shot and shell in the raging fight he fell
As he joined the deadly fray
Ev’ry day she sighs and looks with longing eyes
“O soldier lad come back to me”
Her friends know well but never tell
And they hear her sing this lay
In such a fascinating captivating way
Sung here by Vancha March: