[Dixielandjazz] Re: Lyrics For Dinah

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Thank you very much Bill and all those who responded.

MB


Bill Haesler wrote:
>>Does anyone have lyrics for the tune "Dinah"?
>
>
> Dear Mark,
> Here they are courtesy of the 'Heptune' Jazz & Blus Lyrics Page, via trusty
> ole Google.
> The Louis Armstrong (5 April 1930) version of the chorus is based on these
> words but if you really want his interpretation on this and subsequent
> recordings you will need to check out the record(s).
> The claim made on the Heptune site that it was Frank Warshauer, and not
> Harry Akst, who wrote the music is intriguing. I will see what I can find.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
> Dinah
> (Frank Warshauer, [incorrectly attributed to Harry Akst], Sam Lewis, Joe
> Young)
> Transcribed from the vocal by Ethel Waters, recorded October 20, 1925.
>
> Verse:
> Carolina
> Gave me Dinah;
> I'm the proudest one
> Beneath the Dixie sun.
>
> News is spreadin'
> 'Bout our weddin';
> I hear church bells ringin',
> Here's the song my heart keeps singin':
>
> Chorus:
> Dinah,
> Is there anyone finer
> In the state of Carolina?
> If there is and you know her,
> Show her!
>
> Dinah,
> With her Dixie eyes blazin',
> How I love to sit and gaze in
> To the eyes of Dinah Lee!
>
> Yet, every night,
> My, how I shake with fright,
> Because my Dinah might,
> Change her mind about me!
>
> But if Dinah,
> Ever wandered to China,
> I would hop an ocean liner,
> Just to be with Dinah Lee!
>
> Dinah,
> Is there anyone finer
> In the state of Carolina?
> If there is and you know her,
> Show her!
>
> Dinah,
> With her Dixie eyes blazin',
> How I love to sit and gaze in
> To the eyes of Dinah Lee!
>
> Yet, every night,
> My, how I shake with fright,
> Because my Dinah might,
> Change her mind about me!
>
> But if Dinah,
> Ever wandered to China,
> I would hop an ocean!,
> Just to be with Dinah Lee!
>
>
>