On The Gin Gin Ginny Shore 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Jan 2009
2009

I was born where Virginia roses
smile upon the skies,
where the blue birds in the trees
sing woodland melodies,
I was raised where the mammies win ya
with their lullabies
and the old place seems to fill my dreams
ev'ry time I close my eyes:

When the moon shines on
the 'gin 'gin 'ginny shore
Those sweet Virginia lovers croon
an old Virginia tune,
in the shelter of the syc, syc, sycamore
I want to say hello to the old trio
Mammy Jinny, Aunt Jemima, Old Black Joe,
and they all hang 'round
the cab, cab, cabin door
that's just the kind of life
I'm longing for,
Banjoes strummin' darkies hummin'
Mammy
When the moon shines on
the 'gin 'gin 'ginny shore.

When the moon shines on
the 'gin 'gin 'ginny shore
Those sweet Virginia lovers croon
an old Virginia tune,
in the shelter of the syc, syc, sycamore
I want to say hello to the old trio
Mammy Jinny, Aunt Jemima, Old Black Joe,
and they all hang 'round
the cab, cab, cabin door
that's just the kind of life
I'm longing for,
Banjoes strummin' darkies hummin'
Mammy
When the moon shines on
the 'gin 'gin 'ginny shore.

When I look at an ocean liner
steaming down the coast,
I have one thought in my mind
I want to hitch behind,
when I think of my old Aunt Dinah's
gin, gin, ginger toast
if I've got no fare
to bring me there
I can go by parcel post:

When the moon shines on
the 'gin 'gin 'ginny shore
Those sweet Virginia lovers croon
an old Virginia tune,
in the shelter of the syc, syc, sycamore
I want to say hello to the old trio
Mammy Jinny, Aunt Jemima, Old Black Joe,
and they all hang 'round
the cab, cab, cabin door
that's just the kind of life
I'm longing for,
Banjoes strummin' darkies hummin'
Mammy
When the moon shines on
the 'gin 'gin 'ginny shore.

When the moon shines on
the 'gin 'gin 'ginny shore
Those sweet Virginia lovers croon
an old Virginia tune,
in the shelter of the syc, syc, sycamore
I want to say hello to the old trio
Mammy Jinny, Aunt Jemima, Old Black Joe,
and they all hang 'round
the cab, cab, cabin door
that's just the kind of life
I'm longing for,
Banjoes strummin' darkies hummin'
Mammy
When the moon shines on
the 'gin 'gin 'ginny shore.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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On The Gin Gin Ginny Shore 1922
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Edgar Leslie
© MCMXXII by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 19 January 2009 at 14.58
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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