Where the Shy Little Violets Grow

A popular song from 1928
Words and music by Gus Kahn and Harry Warren

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

1. In my dreams of childhood
   When the skies were fair
   I can see a wildwood
   Flowers everywhere
   When the twilight shadows
   Bring their sweet regrets
   Then I wander back again
   ‘Mid the violets

Chorus
I’ve been making up my mind
To find a place that I used to know
By the Old Ohio where the shy little violets grow
I’ve been waking up to find
I’m dreaming dreams of long long ago
Of the Old Ohio where the shy little violets grow
I’d love to find the little trail
Little winding trail
That house on the hill
Find somebody who promised to be true
I know she’s waiting there still
When I look into her eyes
They’ll tell me what I’m longing to know
By the Old Ohio where the shy little violets grow

2. In a woodland shady
   Where the Springtime plays
   Loke a lovely lady
   Of the olden days
   I can see somebody
   And he looks like me
   Can it be the happy boy
   That I used to be?

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