[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dinah Lyrics- Chorus and Verse

[Mike C.]

Thanks, Bill

Mike

Bill Haesler wrote:
> Dear Mike,
> Here they are.
> 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!
> 
> 
> 
> 
>