a 1922 popular song
words by Martha Gwynne Denni
music by Lucien Denni
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
Got a colored baby, Dinah Lincoln Lee, Lordy she’s the gal for me
Honeysuckle sweetness, sugar ain’t as fine, as dat yeller gal of mine
‘Mancipation Day I met her, everybody else I knew
On the day I kissed her, thought that one might do
But my Dinah made it two
Chorus:
Dinah Lee, I know I love her, Dinah Lee, for me no other
When the moon’s a-blinkin’ an’ thinkin’ of
Hidin’ his head, so we can spoon and make love
Dinah Lee, my orange blossom, Dinah to me, is sweet as ‘possum
Down the Swanee River, come along with me
Oh boy! my Dinah Lee
Sung here by Fred Feild: