Sheet Music, 1920-1929
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0340
Description
Cover: illustration of a peaceful Cotton Field (see #182); Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
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music score
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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'm tired and I'm footsore and I'm weary I ache from my head down to my toes, This world seems to be Mighty dreary to me, How I'll finish my journey Lordy knows! But I know where I go that all is peaceful, I'll lay on my pillow tonight, An' I've pray'd how I've pray'd for that moment, Now the end of the long trails in sight,
Refrain
Cause I'm goin', yes, I'm goin' with a love that's ever growin' To that coal-black mammy o' mine, Not a cent, not a cent, An' my clothes are only lent, All the same she'll think I'm just fine, How I've dream'd, how I've schem'd, An' at times it almost seem'd That the sun would never, never shine; That's why I'm goin', yes, I'm goin', Mighty soon I'll be hulloin', To that coal-black mammy o'mine. Cause I'm goin', yes, I'm goin' with a love that's ever growin' To that coal black mammy o' mine, Not a cent, not a cent, An' my clothes are only lent, All the same she'll think I'm just fine, How I've dream'd, how I've schem'd, An' at times it almost seem'd That the sun would never, never shine; That's why I'm goin', yes, I'm goin', Mighty soon I'll be hulloin', To that coal-black mammy o'mine.
Second verse
I'm sad, disappointed, and I'm homesick, I yearn for my mammy's tender care, I've wasted the years And I've shed many tears, Of misfortune I've surely had my share, But I know that she'll drive away my sorrow, Her cabin's just over the rise, And she'll smile happy smiles when she sees me, Bless the love-light that shines in her eyes!
(Refrain)
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