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DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS
1914
Words by James Brockman   Music by Abe Olman
 
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4-Bar Intro
 
Verse 1
 
I'M WAY DOWN EAST, DOWN EAST,
AND MY HEART IS PIN-ING, PIN-ING FOR YOU,
YOU'RE WAY OUT WEST, OUT WEST,
AND MY SOUL IS CRAV-ING, CRAV-ING FOR YOU,
I LOVE YOU SO, JUST YOU I KNOW,
IT TAKES SIX DAYS TO GO THERE WITH A TRAIN,
JUST ONE WEEK MORE AND I'LL BE WITH YOU A-GAIN.
I LONG TO BE.
 
Verse 2
 
WHEN I WAS SOUTH, DOWN SOUTH,
THERE I SAW SOME PRET-TY, PRET-TY PLA-CES,
WHEN I WAS NORTH, WAY NORTH,
I SAW MAN-Y, MAN-Y PRET-TY FA-CES,
NOT ONE SO FAIR, NONE COULD COM-PARE,
THERE'S ON-LY ONE PLACE WAY OUT IN THE WEST,
AND YOU ARE THERE, WHERE WITH YOU I LONG TO REST
I LONG TO BE
 
    Chorus
 
DOWN A-MONG THE SHEL-TER-ING PALMS,
O HON-EY WAIT FOR ME, O HON-EY WAIT FOR ME,
MEET ME DOWN BY THE OLD GOLD-EN GATE,
OUR WHERE THE SUN GOES DOWN A-BOUT EIGHT,
HOW MY LOVE IS BURN-ING, BURN-ING, BURN-ING,
HOW MY HEART IS YEARN-ING, YEARN-ING, YEARN-ING,
TO BE DOWN A-MONG THE SHEL-TER-ING PALMS,
O HON-EY WAIT FOR ME.