Georgia Land 1912

by James Pitt-Payne - London UK - 18 May 2009
2009

If anyone should ask you
where the sweet magnolias grow,
say: "Way down south in Georgia."
If anyone should ask you
where the birds sing soft and low,
say: "Way down south in Georgia."
My heart is aching,
breaking and it keeps on telling me
to hop upon a train right quick
that's goin' to carry me...

To Georgia Land,
oh, Georgia Land,
Gee! I feel great
when I say I'm from the state
where my Daddy and my Mammy
Uncle Joe and Cousin Sammy
and my little sweetheart Kate,
all wait for me,
in the land I want to be,
I'll never rest
from morn till night,
I'll never know
that I'm all right,
Till they carry me back
to Georgia Land.

To Georgia Land,
oh, Georgia Land,
Gee! I feel great
when I say I'm from the state
where my Daddy and my Mammy
Uncle Joe and Cousin Sammy
and my little sweetheart Kate,
all wait for me,
in the land I want to be,
I'll never rest
from morn till night,
I'll never know
that I'm all right,
Till they carry me back
to Georgia Land.

I just received a letter
from that little girl of mine
away down south in Georgia.
She wrote and told me
"Come home hon
we miss you all the time
away down south in Georgia."
Gee! I can see a cottage
with a "Welcome" on the mat.
Excuse me just a minute while
I get my coat and hat.

To Georgia Land,
oh, Georgia Land,
Gee! I feel great
when I say I'm from the state
where my Daddy and my Mammy
Uncle Joe and Cousin Sammy
and my little sweetheart Kate,
all wait for me,
in the land I want to be,
I'll never rest
from morn till night,
I'll never know
that I'm all right,
Till they carry me back
to Georgia Land.

To Georgia Land,
oh, Georgia Land,
Gee! I feel great
when I say I'm from the state
where my Daddy and my Mammy
Uncle Joe and Cousin Sammy
and my little sweetheart Kate,
all wait for me,
in the land I want to be,
I'll never rest
from morn till night,
I'll never know
that I'm all right,
Till they carry me back
to Georgia Land.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Georgia Land 1912
Music by Harry Carroll
Lyrics by Arthur Fields
© MCMXII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 18 May 2009 at 15.48
in association with Veda Meyer-castens
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