by Gus Edwards

“ It is summertime in Dixie and all is bright and gay.
Birds are singing in the trees, branches bowing to the breeze,
flowers fair fill the air, ev'ry where I roam,
Land of honey and of bee,
There my sweetheart waits for me,
Way down south in the land of cotton. ”

“ Undreamed of dreams, love glances tender,
Had I a thousand hearts to lose,
I'd lose them all in Honolulu.
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“ An old man's fortune, shatter'd thro' the rival's scheme 'twas done.
"Your daughter's hand," he cried, "Can save your name!"
The father sobs, "My darling, if you fail me now, there's none
To shield my old grey head from grief and shame."
The girl stands pale and sobbing,
A step sets her heart throbbing,
Then Jack's voice cried, "She'll stand by you thro' life!
She'll give all fortune gave me, but she cannot give her hand,
For years, in secret, we've been man and wife.
She is mine to have and to hold!
She has chosen between love and gold! ”