A 1912 novelty song.
Words by Arthur Fields.
Music by Harry Carroll.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- If anyone should ask you
Where the sweet magnolias grow
Say, “Way down south in Georgia”
If anyone should ask you
Where the birds sing soft and low
Say, “Way down south in Georgia”
My heart is aching, breaking
And it keeps on telling me
To hop upon a train right quick
That’s goin’ to carry me
Chorus
To Georgia Land, oh, Georgia Land
Gee! I feel great, when I say I’m from the state
Where my Daddy and my Mammy
Uncle Joe and Cousin Sammy
And my little sweetheart Kate
All wait for me, in the land I want to be
I’ll never rest from morn till night
I’ll never know that I’m all right
Till they carry me back to Georgia Land
- I just received a letter
From that little girl of mine
Away down south in Georgia
She wrote and told me, “Come home ‘hon’
We miss you all the time
Away down south in Georgia”
Gee! I can see a cottage
With a “Welcome” on the mat
Excuse me just a minute
While I get my coat and hat
Sung here by Fred Feild: