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Good-bye Alexander, Good-bye Honey Boy

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Title
Good-bye Alexander, Good-bye Honey Boy (folio) - Lyrics
Composer
Layton, John Turner  
Lyricist
Creamer, Harry  
Publisher
Broadway Music Corporation  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
Good-bye Alexander (Good-bye Honey-Boy) Verse: Alexander Cooper was a colored trooper, with his regiment he marched away, Bands were gaily playing, colored folks were swaying, on Emancipation Day. Dinah Lee so proud, hollered to her sweetie good and loud. Refrain: Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy, Dressed up in that uniform you fills my heart with joy. You ain’t born for mopin’, boy you sure can laugh, But you left that window open and they got you in the draft. Alexander, I’ll save my loving for you, I’ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly. So get busy with that gun and don’t come back here till you’ve won, Alexander goodbye. Verse: Brave old Alexander, he could understand her, he knew Dinah Lee was really blue, Yet he kept on smiling, while his troop went filing proudly down the avenue, On the pier, ev’ryone could hear Dinah calling to her sweetie dear. Refrain: Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy, Dressed up in that uniform you fills my heart with joy. You ain’t born for mopin’, boy you sure can laugh, But you left that window open and they got you in the draft. Alexander, I’ll save my loving for you, I’ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly. If you want to see me grin, bring me a pig foot from Berlin, Alexander goodbye.
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 10
Local Identifier
2014_12996_160
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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Title
Good-bye Alexander, Good-bye Honey Boy
Composer
Layton, John Turner  
Lyricist
Creamer, Harry  
Publisher
Broadway Music Corporation  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-04-20
Lyrics
Good-bye Alexander (Good-bye Honey-Boy) Verse: Alexander Cooper was a colored trooper, with his regiment he marched away, Bands were gaily playing, colored folks were swaying, on Emancipation Day. Dinah Lee so proud, hollered to her sweetie good and loud. Refrain: Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy, Dressed up in that uniform you fills my heart with joy. You ain’t born for mopin’, boy you sure can laugh, But you left that window open and they got you in the draft. Alexander, I’ll save my loving for you, I’ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly. So get busy with that gun and don’t come back here till you’ve won, Alexander goodbye. Verse: Brave old Alexander, he could understand her, he knew Dinah Lee was really blue, Yet he kept on smiling, while his troop went filing proudly down the avenue, On the pier, ev’ryone could hear Dinah calling to her sweetie dear. Refrain: Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy, Dressed up in that uniform you fills my heart with joy. You ain’t born for mopin’, boy you sure can laugh, But you left that window open and they got you in the draft. Alexander, I’ll save my loving for you, I’ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly. If you want to see me grin, bring me a pig foot from Berlin, Alexander goodbye.
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_160
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleGood-bye Alexander, Good-bye Honey Boy
ComposerLayton, John Turner  
LyricistCreamer, Harry  
PublisherBroadway Music Corporation  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-04-20
LyricsGood-bye Alexander (Good-bye Honey-Boy) Verse: Alexander Cooper was a colored trooper, with his regiment he marched away, Bands were gaily playing, colored folks were swaying, on Emancipation Day. Dinah Lee so proud, hollered to her sweetie good and loud. Refrain: Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy, Dressed up in that uniform you fills my heart with joy. You ain’t born for mopin’, boy you sure can laugh, But you left that window open and they got you in the draft. Alexander, I’ll save my loving for you, I’ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly. So get busy with that gun and don’t come back here till you’ve won, Alexander goodbye. Verse: Brave old Alexander, he could understand her, he knew Dinah Lee was really blue, Yet he kept on smiling, while his troop went filing proudly down the avenue, On the pier, ev’ryone could hear Dinah calling to her sweetie dear. Refrain: Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy, Dressed up in that uniform you fills my heart with joy. You ain’t born for mopin’, boy you sure can laugh, But you left that window open and they got you in the draft. Alexander, I’ll save my loving for you, I’ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly. If you want to see me grin, bring me a pig foot from Berlin, Alexander goodbye.
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 10
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_160
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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