Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1914
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Moon am shinin’ Lou,
My heart;s pinin’ too,
Pinin’ just for you,
Pinin’ just for you my little Lou,
‘Couse you’re so true that you have
Won my heart away with your winin’ way, Can’t you hear me sigh,
When it’s time for us to say goodbye.
[Chorus]
I want to linger,
A little longer,
A little longer Lou,
See that moon a shinin’ up above,
There’s no time like this for making love
I love your lovin’,
Your lovely lovin’,
I hate a leavin’ you,
Let, me linger just a little
Little longer with you,
Little longer with you.
[Verse 2]
Spring am comin’ soon,
Flow’rs will be in bloom,
And the mellow moon, shinin’ out in June,
Will hear us croon a lovein’ tune,
And then we’ll Stroll thro’ lover’s lane, near the sugar cane,
To a cabin new,
That I been a builin’ just for you.
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Murphy, Stanley and Marshall, Henry I., "Want To Linger" (1914). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 724.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/724
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
I Want To Linger
Words by Stanley Murphy
Music by Henry I. Marshall
New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.(1914)
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