a 1907 popular song
words and music by James Reese Europe
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- I feel so lonely, indeed I do
I’ve lost my honey I loved so true
Just got a message a-telling me
I’m so deceiving, that’s why she’s leaving
Somehow she’s always a-blaming me
No matter how hard I tries
She says I’m flirting but I can’t see
It’s just to tantalize
Chorus
I may like Lindy, I may like Joe
May flirt with Cindy and flirt with Flo
Tessie and Bessie, I may like, too
But likin’ ain’t like lovin’ love and I love you
- I like to smile on a pretty girl
I like to ‘magine that she’s my pal
But like and lovin’ ain’t just the same
Lovin’s the stronger and lasts the longer
I tries to make honey feel that way
But all my talk is in vain
If I do love her so much she’ll say
Just sing that sweet refrain
Sung here by Fred Feild: