Virginia Lou

A popular song from 1911
Words by Irving Berlin
Music by Earl Taylor


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. I’m writing her a letter
    To Virginia where I met her
    And believe me I’ll feel better
    When she knows I’m coming home
    My heart will cease it’s aching
    If God grants tomorrow’s waking
    A train I will be taking to my own
    Let me hear a Southern tune
    For I’m going back to Virginia soon

Chorus:
Virginia Lou, I’m coming home to you
Because I’m lonesome and blue
All through and through
Southern jokes and Southern folks
Are good enough for me too
If they’re for you
If I remain, I’ll go insane
I’m waiting now to bless the train
That carries me back to old Virginia
Lou, Lou, I’m coming home to you
Virginia Lou

  1. If Southern blood flows in yer
    Take a map of old Virginia
    Look ‘er over and then kin yer
    Help but say that none compare
    The map is bound to find yer
    Weeping tears of joy that blind yer
    If you left one behind yer, waiting there
    Pretty gals there’s quite a few
    But there’s only one Virginia Lou

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: