The Great Pioneer of Penny Ballads.
The Girl I Loved
IN
Sunny Tennessee
Words by Harry Braisted. Music by Stanley Carter,
On a morning bright and clear, to my old home I drew near
Just a villiage down in sunny Tennessee,
I was speeding on the train that would bring me back again
To my sweetheart who was waiting there for me.
It was but a few short years since I'd kissed away her tears
As I left her at my dear old mother's side,
And each day we've been apart she's grown dearer to my heart.
Than the night I asked of her to be my bride.
CHORUS
We could hear the darkies singing as she said farewell to me
Far across the fields of cotton my old homestead I could see
When the moon rose in its glory I told life's sweetest story
To the girl I loved in sunny Tennessee.
As the train drew up at last, old familiar scenes I passed,
And I kissed my mother at the station door;
But as old friends gathered round, tears on every face I found,
And I missed the one I had been longing for.
As I whispered, "Mother dear, where is Mary, she's not here
All the world seemed lost and sadness came to me,
For she pointed to a spot in the churchyard's little lot,
Where sweetheart sleeps in sunny Tennessee.
Wm- J. Schmidt, 911 W. North Ave. Balto, Md
Publisher of weet [sic] Gems chosen from the cultured cream of Musicalgenius. [sic]
