Sheet Music, 1910-1919
Title
In the Heart of the City (That Has No Heart) / music by Joseph M. Daly; words by Thos. S. Allen
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0396
Description
Cover: drawing of a lone woman walking a dark city; photo inset of Jerome Tobin; Publisher: Daly Music Publisher (Boston)
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
She wanted to roam so she left the old home, The old people's hearts were sore, She longed for the sights and the bright city lights Where hundred had gone before. She went to the heart of the city And mingled with strangers there, But nobody said You are being misled For what did the stranger caare.
Chorus
In the heart of the city that has no heart That's where they meet, and that's where they part, The current of vice had proved too strong So the poor little girlie just drifted along Nobody cared if she lived or died Nobody cared if she laughed or cried, She's just a lost sister and nobody's missed her, She's there in the city Where there's no pity In the city that has no heart. In the heart of the city that has no heart That's where they meet, and that's where they part, The current of vice had proved too strong So the poor little girlie just drifted along Nobody cared if she lived or died Nobody cared if she laughed or cried, She's just a lost sister and nobody's missed her, She's there in the city Where there's no pity In the city that has no heart.
Second verse
A year passes by, there's a tear in her eye, And sorrow is on her brow, Oh! what would she do if the old people knew, She couldn't go back home now. Her dear mother said when they parted Remember your good old name Then her daddy said Rather we'd see you dead Than bring us disgrace and shame.
(Chorus)
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