Lonely Little Maiden by the Sea

"Lonely Little Maiden by the Sea" is the second song in the cycle Tropics After Dark by composer Margaret Bonds with text by poets Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps.

Date: 1940Composer: Margaret BondsText: Arna Bontemps, Langston HughesSong Collection: Tropics After Dark

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I’ve got two weeks vacation,
But please broadcast to the nation
That I’m not having any fun.
All the other girls seem happy
With boyfriends that are shappy,
But I haven’t got a one.

I’m just a lonely little maiden by the sea.
I haven’t found a living soul to play with me.
All this pretty sand and not a man to hold my hand;
I’m bored stiff all the time- Poor me!
Oh! If this lonely little maiden were to send
A lonely letter to some all alone boyfriend,
Would he pack his bag and hurry here to keep me company?
O’m just a lonely little maiden by the sea.

I’m blue and lonely- Poor me!
I just a lonely little maiden by the sea.

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