Goodbye Alexander 1918

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Sep 2004

Alexander Cooper, was a colored trooper
with his regiment he marched away;
bands were gaily playing
colored folks were swaying
on Emancipation Day.
From the crowd Dinah Lee so proud
hollered to her sweetie good and loud.

Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy,
dressed up in that uniform,
you fills my heart with joy.
You ain't born for moping
boy, you sure can laugh,
but you left that window open
and they got you in the draft.
Alexander I'll save my loving for you,
I'll be waiting like poor Butterfly.
So get busy with that gun
and don't come back here till you've won
Alexander goodbye.

Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy,
dressed up in that uniform,
you fills my heart with joy.
You ain't born for moping
boy, you sure can laugh,
but you left that window open
and they got you in the draft.
Alexander I'll save my loving for you,
I'll be waiting like poor Butterfly.
If you want to see me grin,
bring me a pig foot from Berlin
Alexander goodbye.

Brave old Alexander,
he could understand her
he knew Dinah Lee was really blue
yet he kept on smiling,
while his troop were filing
proudly down the avenue.
On the pier,
everyone could hear
Dinah calling to her sweetie dear.

Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy,
dressed up in that uniform,
you fills my heart with joy.
You ain't born for moping
boy, you sure can laugh,
but you left that window open
and they got you in the draft.
Alexander I'll save my loving for you,
I'll be waiting like poor Butterfly.
So get busy with that gun
and don't come back here till you've won
Alexander goodbye.

Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy,
dressed up in that uniform,
you fills my heart with joy.
You ain't born for moping
boy, you sure can laugh,
but you left that window open
and they got you in the draft.
Alexander I'll save my loving for you,
I'll be waiting like poor Butterfly.
If you want to see me grin,
bring me a pig foot from Berlin
Alexander goodbye.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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Goodbye Alexander 1918
by Creamer & Layton
© MCMXVIII by Broadway Music Corp. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 10 September 2004 at 21.33
in association with Doug Grierson
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