Alexander Cooper was a colored trooper, with his regiment he marched away, Bands were gaily playing, colored folks were swaying, on Emancipation Day. Dinah Lee so proud, hollered to her sweetie good and loud. Refrain: Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy, Dressed up in that uniform you fills my heart with joy. You ain’t born for mopin’, boy you sure can laugh, But you left that window open and they got you in the draft. Alexander, I’ll save my loving for you, I’ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly. So get busy with that gun and don’t come back here till you’ve won, Alexander goodbye.
Brave old Alexander, he could understand her, he knew Dinah Lee was really blue, Yet he kept on smiling, while his troop went filing proudly down the avenue, On the pier, ev’ryone could hear Dinah calling to her sweetie dear.
Goodbye Alexander, goodbye honey boy, Dressed up in that uniform you fills my heart with joy. You ain’t born for mopin’, boy you sure can laugh, But you left that window open and they got you in the draft. Alexander, I’ll save my loving for you, I’ll be waiting like Poor Butterfly. If you want to see me grin, bring me a pig foot from Berlin, Alexander goodbye.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
