Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1913
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
In a quiet old fashioned garden,
In a quaint old fashioned town,
‘Mid roses pink and white and red
There blooms the rose I mean to wed;
Where the old Potomac’s flowing,
That is where I long to be,
And tomorrow I am going,
To the girl who waits for me.
[Chorus]
There’s a girl in the heart of Maryland,
With a heart that belongs to me,
As I told her of my love, the oriole above,
Sang from the old apple tree;
Then Maryland was Fairyland,
For she promised my bride she’d be,
There’s a girl in the heart of Maryland,
With a heart that belongs to me.
[Verse 2]
Set the village church bells ringing,
Tell the organist to learn
That melody by Mendelsohn,
They play when they make two folks one;
‘Cause tomorrow we’ll be married,
Oh! there’s one thing I forgot,
Have the parson ready waiting,
At the church to tie the knot.
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Macdonald, Ballard and Carroll, Harry, "There's A Girl in the Heart of Maryland" (1913). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1089.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1089
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Comments
There’s A Girl in the Heart of Maryland
(With A Heart That Belongs To Me)
Words by Ballard Macdonald
Music by Harry Carroll
New York: Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co. (1913)
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