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MOTHER BE PROUD OF YOUR BOY IN BLUE
EMMA SNOW.
I was down in Alabama,
Not bery long ago
I knew a yellow charmer
Her name was Emma Snow.
Her eyes were bright as diamonds
Her teeth were pearly white
And dey glisten'd in de darkness
Like de moon does in de night
Not bery long ago
I knew a yellow charmer
Her name was Emma Snow.
Her eyes were bright as diamonds
Her teeth were pearly white
And dey glisten'd in de darkness
Like de moon does in de night
But de happy time is ober
I'm full ob grief and pain
For I shall neber, neber see
My Emma dear again
I'm full ob grief and pain
For I shall neber, neber see
My Emma dear again
I used to go out early
To boe the sugar cane
De time it pass'd so cheerily
When my Emma dear was seen
And when de work was ober
And de time it came again
We danced and sung right gaily
To de banjo's sweetest strain
To boe the sugar cane
De time it pass'd so cheerily
When my Emma dear was seen
And when de work was ober
And de time it came again
We danced and sung right gaily
To de banjo's sweetest strain
But de happiest heart has sorrow
De brightest day has night
I lost my lubly Emma
By the poison adders bite
We miss'd her in de ebening
We hunted far and wide
We found her in de meadow
Where she pined away and died
De brightest day has night
I lost my lubly Emma
By the poison adders bite
We miss'd her in de ebening
We hunted far and wide
We found her in de meadow
Where she pined away and died
MINNIE.
When the sun is high in the bright blue sky
And the soft winds sigh through the grove
'Mid the fragrance of flow'rs & the green spreading bow'rs,
A sweet voice oft invites me to rove;
Oh, Minnie, dear Minnie, come o'er the lea.
For the sun's beaming high in the blue cloudless sky,
And a true heart is waiting for thee,
A true heart is waiting for thee.
And the soft winds sigh through the grove
'Mid the fragrance of flow'rs & the green spreading bow'rs,
A sweet voice oft invites me to rove;
Oh, Minnie, dear Minnie, come o'er the lea.
For the sun's beaming high in the blue cloudless sky,
And a true heart is waiting for thee,
A true heart is waiting for thee.
In the silent night when the moon shines bright
And the pale stars faintly peep,
At my window I hear the same voice sweet and clear,
Calling softly while mother's asleep,
Oh, Minnie, dear Minnie, come o'er the lea,
Then without a reply like a bird soon I fly,
To the heart that is waiting for me,
The heart that is waiting for me.
And the pale stars faintly peep,
At my window I hear the same voice sweet and clear,
Calling softly while mother's asleep,
Oh, Minnie, dear Minnie, come o'er the lea,
Then without a reply like a bird soon I fly,
To the heart that is waiting for me,
The heart that is waiting for me.
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