A popular song from 1918
Words by Philander Johnson
Music by Jos. E. Howard
The sheet music:
Lyrics
1. Goodbye, little girl in Dixie
I am coming back to you
And when I return, I’ll find you waiting
For I know you are ever true
Oh! it’s hard to part when an aching heart
Is forbid’ to breathe a sigh
And wherever I stray, I’ll recall that day
And your face as you said “Goodbye”
Chorus:
On her lips was a smile when I kissed her
In her eye was the glint of a tear
And it’s many a day since I went my way
From the girl than all others more dear
And in memory still she is near me
As I journey each long weary mile
For each sunbeam that gleams
Is so fair that is seems
Just an echo of her smile
2. Goodbye, little girl in Dixie
But it’s not farewell for long
Every day my heart in time is beating
To the strains of a summer song
For it’s fine to know that the long ago
Will return to the tranquil sky
Where your word will be, as you turn to me
One of welcome and not “Goodbye”