Lorraine

(My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine)
A 1917 popular song.
Words by Alfred Bryan.
Music by Fred Fisher.

Sheet music suggested by Peter Masri:

Lorraine – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Lorraine – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Beside a campfire gleaming
    A grenadier was dreaming
    His thoughts went back again to other years
    Night shadows found him
    And as they gathered around him
    Tenderly he murmured through his tears

Refrain
Lorraine, Lorraine, My beautiful Alsace Lorraine
You’re in my heart forever to remain
I see your village steeple
Your quaint old fashioned people
And I wouldn’t care if I could be there again
Lorraine, Heart of France, part of France
Someday when all of my worries are through
I’m coming to you, Lorraine, Lorraine
O welcome me home once again
To live and die in my Alsace Lorraine

  1. He dreamt that he was straying
    Among the children playing
    And often kissed his mother’s tears away
    But ah, the waking
    How his sad heart it was breaking
    How he wished that he could dream for aye

Sung here by Fred Feild: