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VERSE
High in a starlit heaven I built a dream house for two And when the day is ended In dreams I?ll come drifting to you
REFRAIN
Sweet little girl of my dreams I can?t wait for the silvery moonbeams That play hide and seek round my cabin door Luring me off to sleepy time shore,
Where I?ll hold you dear one to my heart,
For I know, dear, at dawn we must part Back to a lonely day,
Sweet little girl of my dreams.
OLD FRIEND RIVER
Old friend river let me drift once more,
To my Mammie?s cabin, long the Mississippi?s shore, Where the swaying willows sing a soothing lullaby,
To the darky chillun ?neath a southern sky.
I can hear my Mammie?s singing songs I used to know, ?Bout the Swannee River and Ole Black Joe,
I can see the melons on the watermelon vine,
My poor heart keeps longin? for that river home of mine.
TO ALL DADS ON
FATHER?S DAY
If all the men, in this creation
The swellest guy, in my estimation
I hope someday you?ll meet him
I?m sure you will be glad
To become acquainted, with my dear Dad
When things go wrong, and you are sort of blue
He?s the very guy that will always stand by you
So through thick and thin admit you?ve never had
A better pal, than your old dad.


Backman, Marguerite Songs-06
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