WINNER, Septimus

Ellie Rhee

Ellie Rhee, so dear to me

Is gone forever more

And our home was down in Tennessee

Before this cruel war

Carry me back to Tennessee

That's where I long to be

Among the fields of yellow, yellow corn

With my darling Ellie Rhee

Well, why should I from day to day

Keep wishing to be free

From the master I run away

For to be with my Ellie Rhee

Carry me back to Tennessee

That's where I long to be

Among the fields of yellow, yellow corn

With my darling Ellie Rhee

Oh Ellie Rhee so dear to me

She's gone forever more

And our home was down, down in Tennessee

Before this cruel war

Carry me back to Tennessee

That's where I long to be

Among the fields of yellow, yellow corn

With my darling my Ellie Rhee

Listen tot he mocking bird

I’m dreaming now of Hally, sweet Hally, sweet Hally,

I’m dreaming now of Hally,

For the thought of her is one that never dies;

She’s sleeping in the valley, the valley, the valley,

She’s sleeping in the valley,

And the mocking bird is singing where she lies

Listen to the mocking bird,

The mocking bird still singing o’er her grave;

Listen to the Mocking bird,

Listen to the mocking bird,

Still singing where the weeping willows wave.

Ah! Well I yet remember, remember, remember,

Ah! Well I yet remember

When we gather’d in the cotton side by side;

‘Twas in the mild September, September, September,

‘Twas in the mild September,

And the mocking bird was singing far and wide.

When the charms of spring awaken, awaken, awaken,

When the charms of spring awaken,

And the mocking bird is singing on the bough,

I feel like one forsaken, forsaken, forsaken,

I feel like one forsaken,

Since my Hally is no longer with me now.