Now, Carrie my darilng, come sit by my side
and I´ll tole you someding dat open your eyes wide
I love you so much I can´t tole you how
´n I´s goin to ask you, „won´t you be my Frau?“
„Oh shame yourself Scharlie, don´t speak up like dat
aldough it was fine what you say
I lof you mit all mit der love what I got
and I´ll be your Frau right away.“
Yah, (oh) yah, ain´t dat bin fine
„Katrine, she told me she´s goin to be mine.“
Yah, (oh) yah, ain´t dat bin fine
„Scharlie, he tole me he´s goin to be mine.“
„Now, when we get rnarried, won´t we put on style?
We shall bound a streetcar and ride all de while
We got plenty a Sauerkraut always on hand
And we live shust as gut as der king of der land
Den I got some dresses vat shtick out behind
And drag bout a yard in de street
And a nice little hat shust de best I can find
Oh. Scharlie den von´t I look sweet?“
Yah, (oh) yah, ain´t dat bin fine
„Katrine, she told me she´s goin to be mine.“
Yah, (oh) yah, ain´t dat bin fine
„Scharlie, he tole me he´s goin to be mine.“
Text und Musik: anonym – USA –
Aus den Aufnahmen von Helene Stratman-Thomas , gesungen von Minnie Pendleton am 23. August 1946 in Lancaster , Wisconsin –