A popular song from 1908
Words by Ed. Gardenier
Music by Gus. Edwards
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. The steamboat whistle’s blowing
A blowing so clear
The time has come for going
From you Dinah dear
Ma love don’t be deceiving
When I’m far away
The sunny South I’m leaving
The time has come to say
Refrain:
Good-bye Dinah, Good-bye Dinah
I am leaving South Calina
Good-bye! kiss me, say you’ll miss me
It breaks ma heart to part
So good-bye Dinah
2. The field’s a bloom with cotton
‘Round my cabin home
‘Twill never be forgotten
Wherever I roam
The echoes sweetly waken
To songs of the birds
But my poor heart is aching
To say the parting words