"Gim Me Dat Sweet Wate-Melon" (25 Sep 1883)
[Only the title, not cover, page hyphenates "water-melon"]
[2nd copy delivered to the 
Music Department
Sep 19 1898]
Song & Chorus
Great Negro Song. By
[Words and Music] Fred[erick]. Lyons.

New York & Chicago: Richard A. Saalfield
12 Bible House
180 Mich. Avenue
Retail Branch Store, -- 1175 Broadway, -- Under Leland's Hotel.
[Source:
CALL NUMBER
M2.3.U6A44
PART OF
American 19th-century sheet music. Copyright deposits, 1870-1885 
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress. Music Division. 
DIGITAL ID
sm1883 17636 urn:hdl:loc.music/sm1883.17636 
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1883.17636]

1. If you want to see dis darkey smile, 
Gim me dat sweet watermelon! 
I always said from a little chile, 
Gim me dat sweet watermelon, 
An ole blind mule kicked uncle Ned, 
He kicked so hard dat he killed him dead, 
And de only word we heard him said, 
Gim me dat sweet watermelon!

CHORUS [sung after each VERSE]
Yes, dat juicy watermelon, 
’Tis de sweetest fruit dat grows, 
I love it, I’ll have it, 
No matter where I goes, 
Yes, dat juicy watermelon, 
’Tis de sweetest fruit dat grows, 
I love it, I’ll have it, 
No matter wher I goes!

2. I’ll drink all de juice and eat up de rine, 
Gim me dat sweet watermelon! 
It makes me feel so good and fine, 
Gim me dat sweet watermelon, 
Doctor Tanner fasted forte days, 
Dey tempted him in many ways, 
At last he said and said it loud, 
Gim me dat sweet watermelon!