A popular song from 1915.
Words and music by Richard W. Pascoe, Hans Von Holstein, and Richard A. Whiting.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. In the deep of the woods, back in Michigan
There’s a girl, she’s the pearl of the Limberlost
The only one I love, the girl I’m dreaming of
Very soon ‘neath a moon beaming through the pine
We’ll be crooning Love’s old tune
For at Autumn-tide, she will be my bride
And we’ll spend a happy honeymoon
Chorus:
When the green and gold are blending
In the sweet October time
I’ll be coming back to claim you
For my own Elnora mine
Through the gloaming we’ll be roaming
‘Till the woodland stream we’ve crossed
Oh, I’ll bless the day that brings me back again
To you, sweetheart, to you and the Limberlost
2. Oh, I long to be back, back in Michigan
For my heart is a part of the Limberlost
To be with her each day, as through the years we stray
Nevermore while I roam from her side again
And I love her, love her true
All the world will seem, just a lovely dream
When I come again sweetheart to you