[DISCLAIMER: This song contains antiquated racial language. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
A popular song from the year 1906.
Words by H. Carroll Taylor. Music by Mac Darden.
Arranged by Scott Joplin.
Song requested by Remi B. Goode.
The sheet music:
Good-bye-Old-Gal-Good-bye – SHEET MUSIC
Lyrics
1. It’s no use gal, I’m going to leave you
Can’t square yourself with me
I’m going to follow them Big Four tracks
If my feet wear to the knee
I’ve been doing that porter work
Morning, night and noon
While you keep the porkchops hid from me
And feed ’em to some other coon
So take one last fond loving look
Just gaze like on the dead
‘Cause I’m going so far I can’t find myself
So remember these words I said
Chorus
I say good-bye, bye, bye, old gal
A good, good-bye to you
Just say good-bye to all my friends
And say that we are through
Now don’t think I’ll come back to you
For you know the reason why
I’m going to toot, toot like the engines do
So good-bye old gal good-bye
2. Now Sam tramped all around the world
And lived on bread and hash
One day he saved a rich man’s life
And got one million cash
So Sam returned to his native town
With diamonds and a high silk hat
He rode around in an automobile
And rented a big swell flat
In a week he bought a yacht
And started to sail away
When his old gal said don’t I go too
These words she heard him say
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Goodbye_Old_Gal_Goodbye – MIDI
Sung here by Fred Feild: