Sheet Music, 1910-1919
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0337
Description
Cover: drawing of a floral Pattern; photo inset of Emma Carus; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
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scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
Why is ev'rybody happy? Why is ev'rybody gay? Why is ev'ry darky feeling kind of sparky, What's goin' to happen today? Where is ev'rybody goin'? What's that music in the air? How my heart keeps thumpin, Watch my feet a-jumping, I can see smiles ev'rywhere.
Chorus
There's Anna Lize in her Sunday gown, Eph is a funny clown, See them there, I declare, Who's that girl dressed up as a bride, Is that my honey, There by her side? There must be some mistake, I'll eat that wedding cake, That man belongs to me, Oh, gee, now I can see It's celebratin' day in Tennessee. There's Anna Lize in her Sunday gown, Eph is a funny clown, See them there, I declare, Who's that girl dressed up as a bride, Is that my honey, There by her side? There must be some mistake, I'll eat that wedding cake, That man belongs to me, Oh, gee, now I can see It's celebratin' day in Tennessee.
Second verse
Can't you see those pickaninnies? Watch them dancing on the ground! Ain't that colored mammy Proud of little Sammy, Just see her struttin' around! Here's an egg from eighteen sixty, Folks say, it's a souvenir, See that mule a kickin' At that little chicken, I'm mighty glad I'm not near.
(Chorus)
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