A popular song from 1919.
Words and music by Jack Mahoney.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- While Dixie moonlight shines above you
You ask me how long I will love you
‘Neath Southern skies love never dies
Dixie is the Paradise of hearts and eyes
I won’t change the old love for the new
Dearie, this is how long I’ll love you
Chorus
‘Till the cotton blossoms
Bloom no more in Caroline
And the sweet Virginia melons
Wither on the vine
‘Till the birds in Tennessee
Hush their melody
And magnolias down in Georgia
Fall from every tree
‘Till Louisiana sugar cane
No longer grows
And the sunshine of Kentucky
Fails to kiss the rose
As long as that old mellow moon
Shines in the Dixie sky
I will love you, love you
‘Till the Swanee River runs dry
- I’ll always love you and no other
Just like my daddy loved my mother
She loved him, too, she was true blue
Come to think about it
She looked just like you
I know daddy loved her all the time
For I heard him sing this little rhyme
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: