A popular song from 1850
Words and music by Stephen C. Foster
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Werner Tomaschewski:
Lyrics
1. Lubly Melinda, come now my dear
I’m waiting, I’m watching for you
Shut down de window, dry up de tear
And walk wid me ober de dew
Chorus
Lubly Melinda
Melinda, Melinda
My sweet Melinda May
I could work in de field
And be happy all de day
If you would only smile again
My sweet Melinda May
2. Laugh in de sunshine, weep in de rain
And walk wha de lily bud bloom
Down in de meadow, ober de lane
Oh! come, my Melinda lub, come
3. Lubly Melinda is bright as de beam
No snowdrop was ebber more fair
She smiles like de roses dat bloom round de stream
And sings like de birds in de air
4. If I was a hero and people would fall
Where ebber I’d tell dem to lie
I’d make my Melinda de queen ob dem all
And lib on delight ob her eye
Sung here by Fred Feild: