Ida Sweet As Apple Cider

(note: frank never sang the intro, only the chorus, after a full musical intro by tommy dorsey's band)



In the region where the roses always bloom,

Breathing out upon the air their sweet perfume,

Lives a dusky maid i long to call my own,

For, i know my love for her will never die;

When the sun am sinking in dat golden west,

Little robin red breast gone to seek their nests,

And i sneak down to dat place i love the best,

Ever'y evening there along i sigh.



Chorus:  ida! sweet as apple cider,

Sweeter than all i know,

Come out! in the silv'ry moonlight,

Of love we'll whisper, so soft and low!

Seems as tho' can't live without you,

Listen, please, honey do!

Ida! i idolize yer

I love you, ida, 'deed i do.




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