a 1922 tribute to a great minstrel performer words and music by Val and Ernie Stanton
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Ida, oh lovin’ Ida won’t you sing it again, sing it again
Ida, please play that haunting refrain, wonderful strain
When you sing those Roly Boly Eyes, that’s when you begin to tantalize
Sweetness, sweetness, oh! boy, that’s paradise
Eddie, you are beloved as a minstrel man, best in the land
You sing those songs like nobody can, for you understand
I’m tired of hearing songs about the pale moonshine
Songs of dear old Dixieland and mammy mine
So, sing me Ida, I’ve got the Eddie Leonard Blues
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