50. DIXIE. (0.) I wish I was in de land ob cotton, Old times dar am not forgotten. Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie Land! In Dixie Land whar I was born in, Early on one frosty mornin', Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie Land, To lib and die in Dixie; Away, away, away down South in Dixie, 51. ANNIE LAURIE. (C) Maxwelton's braes are bonnie, Her brow is like the snaw-drift, Her face it is the fairest That e'r the sun shown on. 52. AULD LANG SYNE. (F) Should auld acquaintance be forgot, For auld lang syne, my dear, We'll tak' a cup of kindness yet, We twa ha'e sported i' the burn But seas between us braid ha'e roared, And here's a hand, my trusty frien', We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, 53. LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG. (F) Once in the dear dead days beyond recall,.. Just a song at twilight, when the lights are low, 54. CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY. (A flat.) Carry me back to old Virginny, There's where the cotton and the corn and tatoes grow, There's where the birds warble sweet in the spring time, There's where the old darkey's heart has long'd to go. There's where I labored so hard for old Massa Day after day in the fields of yellow corn. There's where the cotton and the corn and There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime, There's where the old darkey's heart has long'd to go. (Copyright, 1917, Oliver Ditson Co.) 55. SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD. (B flat.) Darling, I am growing old; Silver threads among the gold But my darling you will be, will be, Yes, my darling, you will be Always young and fair to me, Darling, I am growing, growing old, Silver threads among the gold. 56. HOW CAN I LEAVE THEE. (B flat.) How can I leave thee, How can I from thee part? Thou hast this soul of mine Save thee alone. 57. SWEET GENEVIEVE. (F.) O, Genevieve, I'd give the world I see thy face in every dream My waking thoughts are full of thee; O Genevieve, sweet Genevieve, The days may come, the days may go, The years but make thee dearer far! Thou art my only guiding star. Whate'er the years may bring to me; The hour that gave me love and thee! (Used by permission of William A. Pond & Co.) 58. SOLDIER'S FAREWELL. (B flat.) How can I bear to leave thee? Farewell, farewell, my own true love, 59. NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE. (A flat.) Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee; Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee, Tho' like a wanderer, the sun gone down, Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God, to Thee. 60. ABIDE WITH ME. (E flat.) Abide with me.; fast falls the eventide; I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; |