Have You Seen My Henry Brown?

A 1905 popular song.
Words by Dave J. Clark.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.

Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:

Have-You-Seen-My-Henry-Brown – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Have_You_Seen_My_Henry_Brown? – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. I am feeling awful sad
    Don’t know when I felt so bad
    Feel like I could cry out good and hard
    ‘Cause my Henry went away
    Left me just a week today
    And never even wrote a postal card
    I’ll hunt for him and when I see a crowd
    I’ll go right up and yell out good and loud

Refrain
Have you seen my Henry Brown
Any place a-hanging ’round?
I won’t never rest till he am found
I’m going to hunt all over town
For that scamp that threw me down
On my knees, I ask you, please
Have you seen my Henry Brown?

  1. I done ev’rything I could
    He done me and done me good
    Never thought he’d act like that to me
    Gave him money for his gin
    Even fann’d the flies off him
    Now he’s gone and never took his key
    I’ll search around for him both night and day
    To ev’ry one I meet, I’m going to say

Sung here by Vancha March: