The Story of George Collins- Dixon (SC) 1938 REC
[Transcribed by Stewie (Mudcat) from Dixon Brothers 'The Story of George Collins' Montgomery Ward MW M7580, recorded at Rock Hill, South Carolina on 25 September 1938. Reissued on CD on Dixon Brothers 'Complete Recorded Works Vol 4 (1938), Document DOCD-8049.
This is one of 10 early country music recordings; the first was made by Henry Whitter in 1926.
R. Matteson 2011, 2015]
THE STORY OF GEORGE COLLINS- Dixon Brothers recorded at Rock Hill, South Carolina on 25 September 1938.
George Collins rode out on a winter night
He rode through the snow so wide
And when George Collins returned back home
He was taken sick and died
His little Mamie was in her room
Sewing on her wedding gown
But when she heard that George was dead
She threw all her sewing down
She sobbed and sighed, she mourned and cried
As she entered in the chambry of death
Oh George, oh George you're all my heart
Now I have nothing left
Open up his coffin, push back the lid
Undo those sheets so fine
And let me kiss his cold, cold lips
For I'm sure they'll never kiss mine
She lingered there near his body all night
Then she parted to the grave
And when those cold, cold clods was heard
Oh how little Mamie did rave
Oh Mamie, oh Mamie, don't weep, don't mourn
There's other young men as kind
Yes, mother, I know there's other young men
But no one can never be mine
Now don't you see that little dove
He's flying from pine to pine
He's mourning for his own true love
So please let me mourn for mine
The golden sun sinking in the west
Just at the close of day
And there in his last place of rest
They laid her George away