I've Got The Sweetest Girl In Maryland 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Dec 2008
2008

There's a picture in my mind
of the home I left behind,
in Maryland, sweet Maryland,
where the folks are good and kind.
In the picture that I see,
there's a face so dear to me,
Gee: I'm glad I'm going back,
why shouldn't I be?

I've got the sweetest girl
in all the world
in Maryland,
She's got those big blue eyes
just like the skies in Maryland,
I've been so lonely
but now it's only one day more;
I'm glad I waited
she's worth waiting for.
'Cause when she smiles at me,
I seem to be in Fairy Land.
The most important thing
I bought the ring for Mary's hand,
I know she'll meet me at the choochoo
with a "How do you do?"
that's how I stand
in Maryland.

I've got the sweetest girl
in all the world
in Maryland,
She's got those big blue eyes
just like the skies in Maryland,
I've been so lonely
but now it's only one day more;
I'm glad I waited
she's worth waiting for.
'Cause when she smiles at me,
I seem to be in Fairy Land.
The most important thing
I bought the ring for Mary's hand,
I know she'll meet me at the choochoo
with a minister man
and a jasbo band
in Maryland.

I could throw myself away
when the band begins to play
"Sweet Maryland, my Maryland,"
'cause it makes me feel so gay.
I'm as proud as I can be
just to think that I'll soon be,
on my happy honeymoon,
it's hurryin' me.

I've got the sweetest girl
in all the world
in Maryland,
She's got those big blue eyes
just like the skies in Maryland,
I've been so lonely
but now it's only one day more;
I'm glad I waited
she's worth waiting for.
'Cause when she smiles at me,
I seem to be in Fairy Land.
The most important thing
I bought the ring for Mary's hand,
I know she'll meet me at the choochoo
with a "How do you do?"
that's how I stand
in Maryland.

I've got the sweetest girl
in all the world
in Maryland,
She's got those big blue eyes
just like the skies in Maryland,
I've been so lonely
but now it's only one day more;
I'm glad I waited
she's worth waiting for.
'Cause when she smiles at me,
I seem to be in Fairy Land.
The most important thing
I bought the ring for Mary's hand,
I know she'll meet me at the choochoo
with a minister man
and a jasbo band
in Maryland.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I've Got The Sweetest Girl In Maryland 1917
by Walter Donaldson
© MCMXVII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 10 December 2008 at 15.13
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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