Down Among the Sheltering Palms

A long distance romance, 1914.
words by James Brockman
music by Abe Olman

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment track:

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Lyrics

1. I’m way down east, down east
   And my heart is pining, pining for you
   You’re way out west, out west
   And my soul is craving, craving for you
   I love you so, just you I know
   It takes six days to go there with a train
   Just one week more and I’ll be with you again
   I long to be

Chorus
Down among the sheltering palms
O honey wait for me, O honey wait for me
Meet me down by the old Golden Gate
Out where the sun goes down about eight
How my love is burning, burning, burning
How my heart is yearning, yearning, yearning
To be down among the sheltering palms
O honey wait for me

2. When I was south, down south
   There I saw some pretty, pretty places
   When I was north, way north
   I saw many, many pretty faces
   Not one so fair, none could compare
   There’s only one place way out in the west
   And you are there, where with you I long to rest
   I long to be

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Sung here by Fred Feild: