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«I've Got Him Dead» (1898)
He took me to supper and the first thing he said
Was "Love, when shall we wed?"
And then he opened wine and that was the sign
To tell me that I had him "dead"...
«She Rests By The Suwanee River» (1898)
My sweetheart she has gone
To realms above ne'er to return again.
As I stroll along the shore,
her lone grave I see once more...
«When The Harvest Days Are Over» (1900)
Near the fireside so cheerful, sits an old man sad and tearful,
He is dreaming of the days of long ago, and in fancy he is roaming
With his sweet-heart in the gloaming,
when he spoke the words that set her cheeks aglow...
«Down Where The Cotton Blossoms Grow» (1901)
I was going home again and was waiting for my train
In a quaint old railway station way out west,
All the world was bright to me, for I knew I soon would see
Dear old mother and the girl I loved the best...
«Where The Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way» (1901)
There’s a sob on ev'ry breeze, and a sigh comes from the trees,
And the meadowlark now croons a sadder lay,
For the sunlight plays no more 'round my cheerless cabin door,
Where the silv'ry Colorado wends its way...