BACK TO THE CAROLINA YOU LOVE
(Grant Clarke / Jean Schwartz,   1914)


Carolina thats a State 
And a girlie too 
One who promised that she'd wait 
For somebody I knew 
Since he's gone I hear she's wed 
How his lonesome heart has bled 
This is all the poor boy said 
"What is a fellow to do".

Carolina broke his heart 
When she wouldn't wait 
Tho' he must forget the girl 
He remembers the State 
Every year he loves to go 
Down there where the roses grow 
Once he said "I love her so 
"But I'm a little too late,".

Gone are the days I used to spend with Carolina 
She had the sunshine in her laughter 
Just like the State they named her after 
Gone are the days the golden days I'm dreaming of 
And still I seem to hear her say, 
"Will you be back, 
Will you be back, back to the Carolina you love?"