Title

My Georgia Lady Love / music by Howard & Emmerson; words by Andrew B. Sterling

Authors

Howard & Emmerson
Andrew B. Sterling
T. B. Harms and Co. (New York)

Preview

Files

ISBN

MUM00682, 0452

Description

Cover: drawing of a sunflower with an African American woman's face in the center; Publisher: T. B. Harms and Co. (New York)

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

Finding Aid

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/322

Lyrics

Lyrics:
First verse
I love a little brown-eyed queen, The nicest gal you ever seen, With hair as black as night, And skin that's almost white, Fond and true to her I've always been. Way down in dear old Georgia State We parted, but she said she'd wait; How I love my Sue, Yes I do, do, do, She's de only gal can be my mate.
Chorus
My Georgia lady love, my Southern Queen, You are the nicest gall dat I ever ever seen; How your brown eyes de shine, Like stars above, There's not a gal can equal you My Georgia lady love. My Georgia lady love, my Southern Queen, You are the nicest gall dat I ever ever seen; How your brown eyes de shine, Like stars above, There's not a gal can equal you My Georgia lady love.
Second verse
One day I said, I love you Sue, Believe me, gal, I will be true, She slowly drooped her head, And then she softly said, Mister Johnson, Deed I loves you, too! I never will forget that day, I kissed her and I went away; How my heart does yearn, And when I return, I will take her in my arms and say,
(Chorus)

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