Way Down In Birmingham 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 5 November 2010
2010

I just received a letter from my pal,
I just received a letter from my gal,
I just now bought a ticket
on a train that leaves for Birmingham,
My folks will meet me at the station gate,
With a welcome hand,
Whistles blowin'
and I'm goin' down to Birmingham.

I'm goin' home,
way down to Birmingham,
Going home,
that is just what I am,
I can hear my old girl calling me,
Oh Henry,
Oh Henry!
Won't you come back?
I'm going to ride
that dear old Dixie flyer
to my Southern home,
My folks will meet me,
greet me,
way down in Birming,
I said down in Birming,
Way down in Birmingham.

I'm goin' home,
way down to Birmingham,
Going home,
that is just what I am,
I can hear my old girl calling me,
Oh Henry,
Oh Henry!
Won't you come back?
I'm going to ride
that dear old Dixie flyer
to my Southern home,
My folks will meet me,
greet me,
way down in Birming,
I said down in Birming,
Way down in Birmingham.

I'll say goodbye to all the cabarets,
I'll say goodbye to all the great white ways,
I'm tired of all the strife on old Broadway
I'm off to Birmingham,
There's someone waiting down in Alabam,
With a heart that's true,
Stop your grievin'
cause I'm leavin'
wish me good luck too.

I'm goin' home,
way down to Birmingham,
Going home,
that is just what I am,
I can hear my old girl calling me,
Oh Henry,
Oh Henry!
Won't you come back?
I'm going to ride
that dear old Dixie flyer
to my Southern home,
My folks will meet me,
greet me,
way down in Birming,
I said down in Birming,
Way down in Birmingham.

I'm goin' home,
way down to Birmingham,
Going home,
that is just what I am,
I can hear my old girl calling me,
Oh Henry,
Oh Henry!
Won't you come back?
I'm going to ride
that dear old Dixie flyer
to my Southern home,
My folks will meet me,
greet me,
way down in Birming,
I said down in Birming,
Way down in Birmingham.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Way Down In Birmingham 1919
Music by Band Leader Harold Dixon U.S.A.
Lyrics by Erwin F.Klein & Jacob Louis Klein
© MCMXIX by Dixon-Lane Pub.Co. U.S.A.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Fridau 5 November 2010 at 15.04
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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