Yankee Love

A popular song from 1911
Words and music by E. Ray Goetz and Irving Berlin


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Girlie, cuddle near me
    Girlie, won’t you hear me?
    I’ve been feeling blue
    Ring the final curtain
    For I’m more than certain
    I’m in love with you
    Like my Yankee Father, Girlie
    I would rather die than prove untrue
    Fearless, undenying, Yankee never dying
    Love I bear for you

Chorus:
Red, White and Blue, love
Real all for you, love
All through and through, love
Real Yankee Doodle Doo, love
Honest and true, love
I bring to you, love
Old Kentucky, Alabama
Mississippi, Lou’siana
Yankee love

  1. Girlie, flags are waving
    My poor heart’s behaving
    Like a house on fire
    Church-bells gayly ringing
    Mean I’ll soon be bringing
    Home my heart’s desire
    Thoughts of care or sorrow
    Will be dead tomorrow when you wear my ring
    Ere the morn arouses
    From the tops of houses
    To the world I’ll sing

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: