How I Love My Lu 1898 'Pousse Cafe'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Nov 2004

'Way down in old Phil'delphy,
where the cotton sprouts so free;
and the luscious watermelon
grows on ev'ry tree.
There, by the Hackensack River,
where the alligators roam,
my heart is ever turning,
for that's my Lulu's home.

Lulu! How I love my Lu, Lu, Lu!
Lubs you? 'deed I do, Lulu!
Lu, you are a Lulu!
Lulu, you're my love, for true!

Lulu! How I love my Lu, Lu, Lu!
Lubs you? 'deed I do, Lulu!
Lu, you are a Lulu!
Lulu, you're my love, for true!

'Way down in old Phil'delphy,
when I hoe de sugar cane,
I'se a dreamin' of ma Lulu,
and ma heart is full of pain.
Der possum cuts no figger,
in persimmans I take no pride,
since dat lowdown Trenton nigger
won Lulu from my side.

Lulu! How I love my Lu, Lu, Lu!
Lubs you? 'deed I do, Lulu!
Lu, you are a Lulu!
Lulu, you're my love, for true!

Lulu! How I love my Lu, Lu, Lu!
Lubs you? 'deed I do, Lulu!
Lu, you are a Lulu!
Lulu, you're my love, for true!

Soft karaoke
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How I Love My Lu 1898
Peter F. Dailey's English Negro Ditty
Sung at Weber & Field's in The Burlesque "Pousse Cafe."
Words by Edgar Smith and Louis De Lange. Music by John Stromberg.
© 1898 by Jos. W. Stern, 45 East 20th St., N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 28 November 2004 at 13.04
in association with Doug Grierson
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