http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-1898-s-music-LOVE-MY-LU-English-Negro-Ditty-/200661051808?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb854a9a0But the lyrics' geography and native wildlife are a little off.
Description:
This LARGE FORMAT, 1898 Item is the SHEET MUSIC Song HOW I LOVE MY LU (English Negro Ditty) by Edgar Smith, Louis De Lance and John Stromberg. Cover features a great drawing with an inset photo of PETER F. DAILEY (See Above). Song was sung in the Burlesque POUSSE CAFE.
Condition is VERY GOOD with NO writings, stitched spine and a few small nicks and cuts around the edges. The Cover is NOT trimmed.
BUYER pays $2.50 for FIRST CLASS MAIL SHIPING IN USA. COMBINED SHIPPING AVAILABLE. Here is a SAMPLE of the Lyrics: 'Way down in Phil'-del-phy, Where the cotton sprouts so free, And the luscious watermelon grows on ev'ry tree, There, by the Hackensack river, where the alligators roam, My heart is ever turning, For that's my Lulu's home.
