A 1930 popular song
words and music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I saw a vision in the moonlight
Down in Tennessee
Made my decision in the moonlight
Down in Tennessee
Won’t tell you any why or wherefor
Somehow I know you’re gonna care for
Chorus
Sweet Jennie Lee, from Sunny Tennessee
You’ll love her when you see sweet Jennie Lee
Each little bird is singing merrily
Just gettin’ set to see sweet Jennie Lee
She’s got that certain something in her style
She’s got a bit of Heaven in her smile
She promised me that she’d say “yes-sir-ee”
That’s good enough for me, Sweet Jennie Lee
Chorus
They sing a tune in our Fraternity
They call this melody “Sweet Jennie Lee”
At every Prom she’ll promise faithfully
A dozen more like me, sweet Jennie Lee
She’s busy ’round the campus night and day
She likes to vamp us in a Collegiate way
She’s got that thing, that personality
“Goodbye to you and me, Sweet Jennie Lee
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: