Dear Old Southland 1921

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Sep 2008
2008

Dear old Southland
I hear you calling me.
And I long
how I long to roam
back to my old Kentucky home.

Dear old Southland
for you my heart is yearning
and I long
just to see once more
the land I love
the Swanee shore.

I want to stray
to the town I was born,
my home town,
my little home town.
I want to play
in the cotton and corn,
to feel it,
I used to steal it.

I want to hear
dear old mother each morn.
Saying go long go long
go long go long to school!
I want to be
where the levee
is near the water
I love the water
I want to see
Mammy Jinny so dear,
I love her,
because I oughta.
I want to hear
pickaninnies in tune,
singing go long go long
go long go long yo' mule!

Dear old Southland
I hear you calling me
and I long how I long to roam
back to my old Kentucky home...

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dear Old Southland 1921
Music by Turner Layton
Lyrics by Henry Creamer
© MCMXXI by Jack Mills Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 15 September 2008 at 16.52
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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