CALIFORNIA AND YOU
(Edgar Leslie / Harry Puck,   1914)


Oh! you old Pacific coast, 
Oh! you land I love the most, 
Soon I'll be returning to you, 
To my sweetheart loving and true;
I just mailed a little note 
Written to the one I miss, 
Just a simple little note I began by saying this.

Oh! you orange scented air, 
Oh! you train that brings me there, 
Ev'ry other country I see, 
Only makes you dearer to me; 
Thro' my Pullman window pane 
As my station's drawing near, 
I can hear myself again 
Singing in my honey's car.

Don't you remember California in September? 
As we stood in the wood 'neath the beautiful sky, 
I made you cry 
When I whispered good-bye, but dearie 
Don't you remember 
That I promised I'd be true? 
So expect a choo choo 
That's bringing me back to California and you.