A popular song from 1904
Words and music by Harry Brown and Chris Smith
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. My honey boy don’t know
I’m goin to leave him
I’m goin away
I know ’twill grieve him
Because I am going to stay
His heart will break if I should mention
The deep, blue sea
If someone sees him before I go
Won’t you kindly tell him this for me
Chorus
I am his lady, he is my beau
I hate to leave him, I love him so
And you can also tell him for fun
I loves the ground that he walks upon
(Oh! Lordy)
Tell him to write me most ev’ry day
Or I’ll be feeling blue
And if you tell him all that I say
I’ll do as much for you
2. Can anybody tell me where’s my honey
Has he gone astray
It seems funny
I ain’t seen him ’round here today
I’ve been a lookin’ since this morning
He’s hard to find
If I don’t see him before I go
Well, I spects I’m goin to lose my mind
Sung here by Fred Feild: