Octoroon

Lyric: Harry Warren
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1935, 1939
Original publisher: M. Witmark & Sons (1935); Remick Music Corp. (1939)

Chorus:

Down by the willows, a bluebird cries,
Down by the river, a maiden sighs;
Down in the lane, there's a hushed refrain,
Octoroon is singing the blues.

Octoroon is singing the blues.

Octoroon, Octoroon,
Octoroon, Octoroon.
Dry your tears,
Forget your fears,
When he returns, there'll be no mo' blues.

(Optional) Down by the willows, a bluebird cries,
Down by the river, a maiden sighs;
Down in the lane, there's a hushed refrain,
Octoroon is singing the blues.

He'll return and there'll be no mo' blues, Octoroon!