#1146 - Lindy

Composer:
- Thomas S. Allen
  - #1143 - Any Rags?
  - #1146 - Lindy
  (1876-1919), 1904
Also known as:
- By the Watermelon Vine, Lindy Lou
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Lyrics:
Down Louisiana where the Mississippi's flowing,
Oh, oh, Miss Lindy,
On the old plantation where the cotton am a growing,
Oh, oh, my Lindy Lou.
As I sit a thinking when my days work am through,
I think of you, for you're my Lindy Lou,
And you'll always find me when I've nothing to do,
Singing the same old song.

chorus:
Lindy, Lindy,
Sweet as the sugar cane,
Lindy, Lindy,
Say you'll be mine,
When the moon am a-shining,
Then my heart am a-pining,
Meet me pretty Lindy by the watermelon vine.

When the moon am shining, and the d—ies am a singing,
Oh, oh, Miss Lindy,
Over to the big house where the banjos am a ringing,
Oh, oh, my Lindy Lou.
In the melon patch we sit as cute as can be,
Just you and me, on the trunk of a tree,
And just like the nightingale I'm happy and free,
Singing the same old song.

A copy of 1904 sheet music for the song is held in the University of Maine Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection and may be viewed online at digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu
- Thomas S. Allen
  - #1143 - Any Rags?
  - #1146 - Lindy
  (1876-1919), 1904

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