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Thread #25859   Message #773317
Posted By: Jim Dixon
28-Aug-02 - 09:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Liza Loves You
Subject: Lyr Add: LIZA LOVES YOU (Charles H. Sheffer, 1885)
Transcribed from the sheet music at "African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Brown University)"
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/aasm:@field(TITLE+@od1(Liza+loves+you+))

Sheffer & Blakely's latest success
LIZA LOVES YOU
Words and Music by
Chas. H. Sheffer
of
Lester & Allen's
Big Minstrels,
as sung in all the
principal theatres
of the country
in their latest production entitled
"The Wrong Girl"
[1885]

I had a dream the other night, the funniest dream of all.
Dreamt I saw the "brand new coon" get over our garden wall.
He came right up the old sidewalk and called for his turtledove,
And says, "Oh Liza, tell me true: Who is it that you love?"

CHO: Your little Liza loves you, yes, your little Liza loves you,
Loves you in the spring and the fall.
Your little Liza loves you, yes, your little Liza loves you.
Your little Liza loves you one and all.

Oh, when I wake from dat dream, found it was no joke.
Dere I saw the "brand new coon" a-talking to a lot of folks.
Dey want to know what he's doing dere. He called for his turtledove,
And said, "Oh Liza, tell dem all: Who is it that you love?" CHO.