A popular song from 1911
Words by Harry Williams
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Old Hiram and Malinda awoke one sunny morn
Matilda whispered, “Hiram, before you plow the corn
Have you forgotten, dearie, the twenty-ninth of May
Said Hiram, “Why Malinda, it’s our golden wedding day”
I’ll hitch old Yankee Doodle to the wagon right away
Chorus:
Put on your gingham gown, dear
Come on to town with me
Let’s make believe we’re young again
Just as we used to be
I’ll be your bashful beau, dear
You’ll be my village queen
As in days when I was twenty-one
And you were sweet sixteen
- The whippoorwill was singing as homeward they were bound
The mountain brook was bringing another welcome sound
Then softly on his shoulder, she laid her head of grey
And whispered, “Bless you Hiram, for this happy wedding day”
And Yankee Doodle jogged along in time with Hiram’s lay
Sung here by Vancha March: