Mah Honey Love 1910

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Jul 2004

When de daylight am a winkin'
and a blinkin' at de night,
and I sit befo' mah cabin all alone;
Wen de gentle breezes hurry
for to catch de fastin' light,
and de evenin' bills ring out
dah sweetest tone,
dat's de time ma thoughts do trabel
back ercross de road of years,
an' de strangest wildest fancies
'roun me play!
Den it seems de world am happy
an' it never knows no tears,
wen de shadows make de twilight run away!

Who's dat calling?
It comes from far away!
It sounds like when de moonlight kiss de sea!
"Am dat you, dear, dat left me?
Mah sweetheart dat bereft me?
Oh! Mah honey love,
stretch out yo' hand to me!
Come back once more jus' like before,
Come back an' set mah sorrows free!
I cry for yo', I sigh for yo'
to live for yo' or die for yo'!
Oh, come back, mah honey love, to me!"

When de lil' stars are winkin;'
at de moon dat hides his face,
an' de clouds am floatin' home
to go to bed.
Den it seems I get a message
from some far off distant place.
An' it am de sweetest message ever read.
Den I hear de music t'robbin'
jus' like banjos tinklin' low
like what fairies
in de meadows ought to play!
Den I drifts back, drifts back softly
to de happy long ago,
wen de shadows make de twilight run away!

Who's dat calling?
It comes from far away!
It sounds like when de moonlight kiss de sea!
"Am dat you, dear, dat left me?
Mah sweetheart dat bereft me?
Oh! Mah honey love,
stretch out yo' hand to me!
Come back once more jus' like before,
Come back an' set mah sorrows free!
I cry for yo', I sigh for yo'
to live for yo' or die for yo'!
Oh, come back, mah honey love, to me!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Mah Honey Love 1910
Lyrics by George V. Hobart
Music by Victor Herbert
© MCMX by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 29 July 2004 at 20.30
in association with Doug Grierson
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Mah Honey Love. (Morton)
Lyric by George V. Hobart. Music by Victor Herbert.
Victor Herbert Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1910
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