GOODBYE, DOLLY GRAY
(Will D. Cobb / Paul Barnes)

J. W. Myers - 1900
Big Four Quartet - 1901
Harry MacDonough - 1901


I have come to say goodbye, Dolly Gray
It's no use to ask me why, Dolly Gray
There's a murmur in the air, you can hear it everywhere
It is the time to do and dare, Dolly Gray

Don't you hear the tramp of feet, Dolly Gray
Sounding through the village street, Dolly Gray
'Tis the tramp of soldiers' true in their uniforms so blue
I must say goodbye to you, Dolly Gray

Goodbye Dolly I must leave you, though it breaks my heart to go
Something tells me I am needed at the front to fight the foe
See, the boys in blue are marching and I can no longer stay
Hark, I hear the bugle calling, Goodbye Dolly Gray

Hear the rolling of the drums, Dolly Gray
Back from war the regiment comes, Dolly Gray
On your lovely face so fair, I can see a look of fear
For your soldier boy's not there, Dolly Gray

For the one you love so well, Dolly Gray
In the midst of battle fell, Dolly Gray
With his face toward the foe, as he died he murmured low
"I must say goodbye and go, Dolly Gray"

Goodbye Dolly I must leave you, though it breaks my heart to go
Something tells me I am needed at the front to fight the foe
See, the boys in blue are marching and I can no longer stay
Hark, I hear the bugle calling, Goodbye Dolly Gray


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TRIVIA: A popular song during the Spanish-American War of 1898, the
song was equally popular during the Boar War of 1899 - 1902. The
English version during the Boar War changed the lines

" 'Tis the tramp of soldiers' true in their uniforms so blue
I must say goodbye to you, Dolly Gray"

to

" 'Tis the tramp of soldiers' feet In their uniforms so neat
So goodbye until we meet, Dolly Grey"


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