A popular song from 1925
Words and music by Billy Meyers and Elmer Schoebel
The sheet music:
Lyrics
I heard a tune today
That stole my heart away
Joe came back from afar
Played it on his guitar
And it comes from San Domingo town
Where they play it when the sun goes down
Take a tip from me that I’ll cross the sea
Just to hear that melody
Chorus
I want to go with Joe down to San Domingo
To hear the Land o’ Lingo Blues
I wanna go with Joe, yes I do by jingo
To hear the Land o’ Lingo Blues
They’re so sad but they make me glad
So let me go with Joe down to San Domingo
To hear the Land o’ Lingo Blues
Patter
Every time he starts to play
It he chases all your blues away
You can think of nothing else
But that San Domingo strain
When he strums on his guitar
He makes you stop just where you are
And when he’s thru singing to you
You want to hear it over again
Chorus
I want to go with Joe down to San Domingo
To hear the Land o’ Lingo Blues
I wanna go with Joe, yes I do by jingo
To hear the Land o’ Lingo Blues
Pretty soon I would hear that tune
If I could go with Joe down to San Domingo
To hear the Land o’ Lingo Blues