Marion Harris <br /><br />"Goodbye Alexander, Goodbye Honey Boy" <br /><br />Victor 18492 <br /><br />World War I song by Henry Creamer and Turner Layton <br /><br />Alexander Cooper was a colored trooper. <br />With his regiment he marched away. <br /><br />Bands were gaily playing. Colored folks <br />were swaying on Emancipation Day. <br /><br /> From the crowd, Dinah Lee, so proud, <br />hollered to her sweetie good and loud. <br /><br />Goodbye, Alexander. Goodbye, honey boy. <br />Dressed up in that uniform, you fills my heart with joy. <br /><br />You ain't born for moping. Boy, you sure can laugh. But <br />you left that window open, and they got you in the draft. <br /><br />Alexander, I'll save my lovin' for you. I'll be <br />waiting like Poor Butterfly. So get busy <br />with that gun and don’t come back here <br />till you’ve won. Alexander, goodbye.
