#2086 - 1. The Sidewalks of New York / 2. I Long to see the Girl I Left Behind

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• Composer:
  • 1) Charles B. Lawlor

    • #1038 - The Sidewalks of New York
    • #2086 - 1. The Sidewalks of New York / 2. I Long to see the Girl I Left Behind

    (1852–1925), 1893
  • 1) “Lawlor & Blake”¹⁾—James W. Blake (1862-1935) wrote the lyrics.
  • 2) John T. Kelly

    • #576 - Peggy Cline
    • #1063 - We were Sweethearts, Nell and I
    • #2086 - 1. The Sidewalks of New York / 2. I Long to see the Girl I Left Behind

    (1855-1922), 1893²⁾
• Also known as:
  • 2) The Girl I Left Behind
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• 1) Lyrics: #1038 - The Sidewalks of New York
  • James W. Blake

    • #1038 - The Sidewalks of New York
    • #2086 - 1. The Sidewalks of New York / 2. I Long to see the Girl I Left Behind

    (1862-1935)
• 2) Lyrics:
  There's a pretty spot in Ireland
  Where a little cottage stands,
  A rustic home I cherish, with a pride,
  It's old fashioned, rough and dingy,
  And was built by honest hands;
  But what a lovely jewel shines inside.
  It's not a costly jewel that the wealth of gold could buy,
  But a warm hearted lassie with fond lovelight in her eye,
  Oh, my heart it grows impatient, and I have no piece of mind,
  For I long to see the girl I left behind.
  
  chorus:
  A little brown cot,
  A shady green spot,
  No happier home I find;
  My heart's fairly gone,
  I love only one,
  She's the girl I left behind.
  
  When I first met charming Norah,
  It was on a summer's night,
  With all the lads and lassies on the green,
  'Twas the same old tale repeated,
  I was captured at first sight;
  For in my eyes she looked an ideal queen,
  The piper with his merry tunes, what joy he did impart,
  But the notes of her sweet voice voice, they struck a chord within my heart,
  In my dreams I see a vision of a face so good and kind,
  For I long to see the girl I left behind.
  
  
  • John T. Kelly

    • #576 - Peggy Cline
    • #1063 - We were Sweethearts, Nell and I
    • #2086 - 1. The Sidewalks of New York / 2. I Long to see the Girl I Left Behind

    (1855-1922), 1893
• See also:
  • #1038 - The Sidewalks of New York