 | The Music of Stephen C. Foster . |  |
LOU'SIANA BELLE.
[1]
Oh! Lousiana's de same old state,Whar Massa us'd to dwell;
He had a lubly cullud gal.
'Twas the Lousiana Belle.
Chorus
Oh! Belle don't you tell, don't tell Massa, don't you Belle,Oh! Belle, de Lou'siana Belle, I's gwine to marry you Lou'siana Belle.
[2]
I went to de ball de udder night,I cut a mighty swell;
I dane'd de Polka—pigeon wing,
Wid de Lou'siana Belle.
3
Dere's Dandy Jim ob Caroline—I knows him by de swell,
Tryin to come it mighty fine,
Wid de Lou'siana Belle.
Oh! Belle &c.
4
Dere's first de Band den de E,And den de double LL;
Anodder E to the end ob dat,
Spells Lou'siana Belle.
Oh! Belle &c.
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