a 1922 popular song
words and music by Dave Ringle
arranged by Robert W. Ricketts
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- I’m so far from home
And no matter where I roam
I’m not satisfied
Mammy wrote to me
Sent her picture and you see
I sat down and cried
Somehow, though I try and forget
Those old scenes keep haunting me yet
Everything is wrong
And it seems that all day long
All I do is fret
Chorus
I’ve got those Carolina Blues
Waiting for some news
As lonesome as can be
Old memories beckon me
Through the southern pines
Moonlight softly shines
I wonder when I’ll lose
Those Carolina Blues
- I just had a look
At some pictures that I took
Down in Caroline
Tell you on the square
That when I was way down there
I was feeling fine
But I thought I’d wander away
How I long to be there today
Old familiar scenes
Keep on haunting me in dreams
That’s what makes me say
Sung here by Fred Feild: