A 1896 song originally recorded by Dan W. Quinn on cylinder.
words by Gussie L. Davis
music by Arthur Trevelyan
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
1. Within a crowded tenement where poorest folks abound,
There lives a pretty working girl, the best that can be found.
She helps to keep her mother and her little brother Joe,
She’s as sweet as can be, and the boys all say,
“She is the belle of Poverty Row.”
Chorus
Down in Poverty Row you will find this girl
Riches cannot compare with this precious pearl
Each boy loves her and wishes to be her beau
So she’s not to blame if she treats all the same
Down in Poverty Row
2. In summertime a band will play at night when work is o’er,
And bakers, clerks and butcher boys will gather round her door,
Each wants to dance with Kitty for she waltzes well they know.
When she sings “The Lost Child” then the crowd all goes wild.
Down in Poverty Row.
Sung here by Fred Feild: