By The Susquehanna Shore 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Aug 2006
2006

When I was a kid my daddy said to me:
"Don't you go 'way from here
don't ever stray from here,
there's no better country
that you ever will see.
I've been to all of them
don't ever fall for them."
Now I'm grown and daddy is gone
I want to stray a bit
to go away a bit,
but I gave my promise to my daddy, dear,
so I'll stay right here.

"Don't you go 'way
from the Susquehanna shore."
My old daddy said,
my dear old daddy said:
"Think of the roses
around the cabin door
where your mammy sat
with the dog and cat,
see all the lights 'way down in Havre de Grace
go to the river, tell the perch and the bass
that you will never go 'way
that you've decided to stay
by the Susquehanna shore."

"Don't you go 'way
from the Susquehanna shore."
My old daddy said,
my dear old daddy said:
"Think of the roses
around the cabin door
where your mammy sat
with the dog and cat,
see all the lights 'way down in Havre de Grace
go to the river, tell the perch and the bass
that you will never go 'way
that you've decided to stay
by the Susquehanna shore."

Daddy never told me not to fall in love,
so I've a girl, you see,
she's just the girl for me.
You should see the lady
that I'm telling you of.
They call her far and wide
"Belle of the countryside."
Sunday morn at 'leven o'clock
we'll to the parson run
and he will make us one,
then we'll settle down together, never fear,
and we'll stay right here.

"Don't you go 'way
from the Susquehanna shore."
My old daddy said,
my dear old daddy said:
"Think of the roses
around the cabin door
where your mammy sat
with the dog and cat,
see all the lights 'way down in Havre de Grace
go to the river, tell the perch and the bass
that you will never go 'way
that you've decided to stay
by the Susquehanna shore."

"Don't you go 'way
from the Susquehanna shore."
My old daddy said,
my dear old daddy said:
"Think of the roses
around the cabin door
where your mammy sat
with the dog and cat,
see all the lights 'way down in Havre de Grace
go to the river, tell the perch and the bass
that you will never go 'way
that you've decided to stay
by the Susquehanna shore."

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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By The Susquehanna Shore 1914
Music by Louis Silvers
Lyrics by Jean Havez
© MCMXIV by Jerome H.Remick & Co.  N.Y. & Detroit
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 26 August 2006 at 02.46pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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