[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
A popular song from 1911.
Words and music by Thos. S. Allen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Down in Alabama Dixieland
Where the cotton blossoms grow
There’s a dusky maiden, fair to see
Just a little girl I know
‘Round my heart there comes a funny feeling
I’ll tell yer true, it makes me blue
When I think of her it comes a stealing
I guess it must be love, don’t you
Chorus
Mandy, my pretty Mandy Lou
I’m just crazy in love with you
Some day you’ll be mine
Oh! you Mandy Lasses candy
Meet me down where the melons grow
With that big lovers moon aglow
I am lonely, I want only my Mandy Lou
2. When the sun am setting in the west
And the ev’ning shadows fall
That’s the time I meet my Mandy Lou
That’s the sweetest time of all
When the colored folks they start a singing
They seem to know, I love her so
‘Cross the field’s the meetin’ bells are ringing
It’s then I whisper soft and low
Sung here by Fred Feild: