====== #1085 - Dora Dean ======
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  *Composer:
    *Egbert (Bert) Austin Williams (1863-1922), 1895
  *Also known as:
    *Dora Dean, The Sweetest Gal You Ever Seen
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
Way down in Lou'siana,\\
Dat's where ole Sister Hannah,\\
Bakes the cracklin bread upon the coals;\\
With her daughter Dora Dean,\\
Who is my dearest queen,\\
Oh! I tell you, boys, she is a lump of gold.\\
She goes to church on Sunday,\\
You'll find her home on Monday,\\
Helping all the folks the house to clean;\\
Their home it looks so neat,\\
You'll find it hard to beat,\\
The way its kept by Dora Dean.\\
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//chorus: //\\
Oh! have you ever seen my Dora Dean,\\
She is the sweetest gal you ever seen;\\
I'm gwine to make this gal sweet Dora, queen,\\
Next Sunday morn' I'm gwine to marry sweet Dora Dean.\\
//(repeat chorus)//\\
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While down with Sister Holley,\\
We all did feel so jolly,\\
Each one tried to cut a pigeon wing;\\
When up jump'd Dora Dean,\\
Who said I am the queen,\\
I can beat you in a dance for anything.\\
That just suited ole Aunt Dinah,\\
Who sang a tune in minor,\\
Thinking that she could the music make;\\
So we started in to test,\\
To see who was the best,\\
And Dora walk'd off with the cake.(("Walk'd ... cake" refers to a //cake walk//.))\\
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A copy of the sheet music for the song is held in the Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries & University Museums and may be viewed online at levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu\\
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    *Egbert (Bert) Austin Williams (1863-1922), 1895