a popular song from 1921 words and music by Clarence Gaskill
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Lyrics
Refrain
I’ve got the Red, White and Blues
I can’t forget them, I always get ’em
When I roam away from home
And I’m just longing for news
From dear old mammy in Alabamy
Many miles across the foam
Dixie roses are so “Red”
The cotton fields am “White”
When I tell you the grass is “blue”
That’s me all over tonight
I’ve got the blues I can’t lose
I’ve got the Red
I said, “Red, White and Blues”
Refrain
I’ve got the Red, White and Blues
They’re always near me
And help to cheer me
When I roam away from home
I need a new pair of shoes
I’m sad and lonely, all by my only
Many miles across the foam
When they play the Marseillaise
And rave about the King
Well, I just shout and rave about
The only one I can sing
The only one I can use
I love the red
I said, “Red, White and Blues”
Counter
When I get back to dear old Alabamy with my Mammy
“Weep no more my lady,” I will say
And I want to see my little Trixie down in Dixie
She is a beauty, a little cutie
She’s my lovin’ “sweet patootie”
Way, way down, I mean around the Swanee river
My thoughts wander way back yonder
Far across the foam
Any place would be a paradise to me in Dixie
There with the old folks at home