CHORUS.

Oh, Lillie! long-lost Lillie!

To thy grave amid the dell

Our hearts are sadly turning,

Gentle Lillie, Lillie Bell.

Oh! darkies, how my heart is yearning,

Once to see that grave again;

Memory backward quickly turning,

Frees my breast from present pain.

But those days have gone forever--

Lost beneath life’s angry wave;

I weep no more; my heart is buried

With my Lillie in her grave.

_Chorus._--Oh, Lillie! &c.

’Twas last eve I saw her beckon,

Far up in the azure sky,

Bidding me to quickly hasten

To her new-found home on high.

Then, darkies, take me quickly, take me

Where the tall bananas wave;

For my heart will cease its sighing

Near my Lillie’s lonely grave.

_Chorus._--Oh, Lillie! &c.