Written by: Eddie Munson
Written by: Eddie Leonard
From the Album: Learn To Croon
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(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.