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Thread #60882   Message #2552565
Posted By: Jim Dixon
29-Jan-09 - 11:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Creole Belle (Mississippi John Hurt)
Subject: Lyr Add: CREOLE BELLE (Sidney, Lampe, 1901)
Found in Wehman Bros. Song and Joke Book No. 3 [Viewable at the Internet Archive.]
(New York: Wehman Bros., 1902?)


CREOLE BELLE
Copyright, 1900, by the Lampe Music Co.
Transferred 1901 to The Whitney Warner Pub. Co., Detroit, Mich.
Words by George Sidney. Music by J. Bodewalt Lampe.

1. All coons are prancin' singin' and dancin' go wild with glee.
I'm as happy as happy can be, fill my heart with ecstasy.
All over the nation, a celebration surely will be,
'Cause married I'se goin' to be, to my Creole Belle.

CHORUS: My Creole Belle, I love her well.
Around my heart she has cast a spell.
When stars do shine, I'll call her mine,
My dusky baby, my Creole Belle.

2. See them rehearsin', for this rejoicin', that's going to be.
At the weddin' 'tween baby and me, oh my, what a jamboree!
Congratulations and presentations is to be made.
Wine, beer and lemonade, at this weddin' will be.

3. The parson tied the knot and said, "You both just been made one."
It was a sight to see, those coons all cheerin' me.
My heart never knew such joy, this moment of my life,
When the parson said to me, "The Creole Belle's your wife."