A Lindy from “The Evolution of Rag-Time”, 1903.
Words by J. W. Johnson.
Music by Bob Cole and Rosamond Johnson.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. ‘Way down in sunny Louisiana
Down ‘midst the fragrance of the banana
Down where the air with perfume is laden
There lives a charming dusky-eyed Maiden
And when the little stars are a-peeping
‘Round to her cabin door softly creeping
I go with my old banjo
And I sing to her this little song
Chorus:
“Lindy! I am so lonely
And my poor heart seems for to want you only
I want you noon-time, moon-time, June-time
I want you all the time my Lindy dear
2. Her manner keeps my mind in a worry
Her coyness keeps my heart in a flurry
Sometimes she smiles upon me so sweetly
Sometimes she really cuts me completely
Maybe, she does it only to tease me
Some day, perhaps she will just to please me
Say that she’ll name the day, that
She will be my little honey wife