An oriental fox trot from 1920
Words and music by Lindsay McPhail and Walter Michels
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Halcyon Days Music:
Lyrics
- King San of Senegal
Sat on the shore at Bulamay
Singing a sad refrain
To his dear queen who’d gone away
This was his lay
Chorus
Oh, sweetheart Lona, my darling Lona
Why have you gone away?
You said you loved me
But if you loved me
Why did you act this way?
If I had ever been untrue to you
What you have done would be the thing to do
But my heart aches, dear
And it will break, dear
If you don’t come back home again to San
- One day the queen came home
Saw San in sadness on the shore
Told him she’d no more roam
Only her San would she adore
Then came this lore
Chorus
Oh, sweetheart Lona, my darling Lona
Have you come back to stay?
You said you loved me
I knew you loved me
I knew you’d come some day
If I had ever been untrue to you
What you have done would be the thing to do
But now you’re mine, dear
For all the time, dear
And you’re forgiven by your loving San