Carolina gave me Dinah

"Dinah"

Carolina gave me Dinah,
I'm the proudest one beneath the Dixie sun,
News is spreadin' about a weddin'
I hear church bells ringin'
Here's the song my heart keeps singin'

Some designer modeled Dinah,
Hu must be the one who made the golden sun,
Heaven bless her, she said "Yes, Sir",
All day long I'm prayin'
Even in my dreams I'm sayin'

Dinah, is there any one finer,
In the state of Carolina,
If there is and you know 'er, show 'er to me?
Dinah, with her Dixie eyes blazin'
How I love to sit and gaze in
To the eyes of Dinah Lee,
Ev'ry night why do I shake with fright,
Because my Dinah might
Change her mind about me.
Dinah, if she wandered to China
I would hop an ocean liner,
Just to be with Dinah Lee!

Harry Akst (m) - Sam M. Lewis - Joe Young (w)

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