Sheet Music, 1834-1899
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0092
Description
Cover: the latest coon conquest; Publisher: The Zeno Mauvais Music Company (San Francisco)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 19th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
Original Format
scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
Is'e done shook my Alabama gal, For Honolulu Lou; My high-toned lady. She is a dream my Southern queen, My Honolulu Lou. She'll soon be mine. I'll leave my Mobile home, To Hawaii I will roam, To wed my Lulu; then we will return. Then I'll show dem coons and wenches style, And grace that is divine, When we both pass down de line.
Chorus
She is my Honolulu lady; She's ma baby. She has won my heart, this choc'late cullud daisy; She distanced all the white gals and de wenches. She's a Southern dream, my Honolulu lady. She is my Honolulu lady; She's ma baby. She has won my heart, this choc'late cullud daisy; She distanced all the white gals and de wenches. She's a Southern dream, my Honolulu lady.
Second verse
I went down to a swell coonball last night and took my bride; She set dem crazy. I lead dat colored festival, With Lulu by my side. My love divine. We cut de pigeon wing, De coons did shout and sing, When we did the Honolulu Pasmala. Den we glided by de judge's stand, De coons and wenches sighed When my Lou she took first prize.
(Chorus)
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