A popular song from 1909.
Words by Junie McCree.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Dinah when you leave me
It will surely grieve me
And I’ll never smile while you’re away
Down in Carolina, my best wishes Dinah
To your mother, dad, and brother
Tell your people dearie
I’m alone and weary
Waiting for you to return and why
Here’s your train dear
True to me remain dear
One word then goodbye
Chorus
Dinah when you get to Carolina
I’ll write most ev’ry day to you and say
While you are away
How much I love you Dinah
Each letter will have a lot of crosses
At the ending, meaning kisses I am sending
To you Dinah
When you’re leaving Carolina
Come back to me I mean
With your mama on the chu-chu car
There’ll be a parson waiting
Gee, but it’s nice in a shower of rice
With you, Dinah Green
- John I felt delighted
When the town was sighted
And I saw you waiting for me here
How I had been yearning just to be returning
Home to you dear, I’ve been true dear
For I love you dearly, I remember clearly
All the pretty things that you had said
When we parted, and the train had started
This ran through my head
Sung here by Vancha March: