Lucy Long (II)

DESCRIPTION: "One night when the moon was beaming, I strayed with my Lucy Long." The singer describes the beauties of their evening walk. He asks her to marry; she blushes, hesitates, and consents.
AUTHOR: L. V. H. Crosby (source: sheet music published by Oliver Ditson & Co.)
EARLIEST DATE: 1850 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: love courting marriage
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Randolph 780, "Lucy Long" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dime-Song-Book #6, p. 23, "Oh! Silber Shining Moon" (1 text)
Roud #7413
SAME TUNE:
Mr. Brown the Astonishing ("If you've never heard of Frederick Brown, Come listen unto me") (LanigansBallComicSongster, p. 30)
Nigga's Descriotion of Shakespeare: Macbeth ("Oh! if 'twere done when 'tis done, Though the deed's a little wrong") (NegroMelodiesNo5-OldZipCoon, p. 33)
Bullgine ("Oh1 white folks gib attenshin, While I pipes out de fame") (NegroMelodiesNo5-OldZipCoon, p. 49)
NOTES [24 words]: The Dime-Song-Book #6 version of this is in minstrel dialect, and the girl is simply "Lucy lub," but it seems to have cleaned up in tradition. - RBW
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File: R780

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