A popular song from 1911.
Words by Alfred Bryan.
Music by H. Blanke-Belcher.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Come on my Honey Lou, I want to talk to you
I want a word or two with you
I want to take you where
The Swanee river flows, I do, I do
What do I want to say?
What would you have me say?
That’s what I want to say to you
I want to tell you just how long I will love you
CHORUS
Just as long as the Swanee flows
Just as long as the cotton grows
There’s a place in my heart for you
Just for you, Honey Lou
And I’ll wait by the Mellon vine
Till you promise that you’ll be mine
For I love you, my Southern Rose
While the Swanee flows
2. I wouldn’t sigh for you, I wouldn’t cry for you
I wouldn’t die for you my Lou
But I would live a thousand years to love you
If you loved me, too
And I will say once more
Just what I said before
I’d like to sing it through and through
I want to sing this chorus once again for you