Sheet Music, 1910-1919
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0302
Description
Cover: drawing of a Caucasian male boarding a train, as an African American male loads his luggage; Publisher: Dixon-Lane Pub. Co. (Chicago)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
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Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
I just received a letter from my pal, I just received a letter from my gal, I just now bought a ticket on a train that leaves for Birmingham, My folks will meet me at the station gate, With a welcome hand, Whistles blowin' and I'm goin' down to Birmingham.
Chorus
I'm going home, way down in Birmingham, Going home, that is just what I am, I can hear my old girl calling me, Oh, Henry! Oh, Henry! Won't you come back? I'm going to ride that dear old Dixie flyer to my Southern home, My folks will meet me, greet me Way down in Birming, I said down in Birming, Way down in Birmingham. I'm going home, way down in Birmingham, Going home, that is just what I am, I can hear my old girl calling me, Oh, Henry! Oh, Henry! Won't you come back? I'm going to ride that dear old Dixie flyer to my Southern home, My folks will meet me, greet me Way down in Birming, I said down in Birming, Way down in Birmingham.
Second verse
I'll say goodbye to all the cabarets, I'll say goodbye to all the great white ways, I'm tired of all the strife on old Broadway I'm off for Birmingham, There's someone waiting down in Alabam, With a heart that's true, Stop your greavin' cause I'm leavin' wish me good luck too.
(Chorus)
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