[Cover page: "Ile or Way Down in Bennsylvany"]
[Title page:] "'Ile' Vay Down in Bennsylvany" (1864)
Humorous Song & Chorus
[Words and Music?]
Composed by
Hans Schmidt

New York, NY: Wm. A. POND & CO., 547 Broadway
Boston, MA: O. DITSON & CO.
Buffalo, NY: J. R. BLODGETT
Chicago, IL: ROOT & CADY
Milwaukee, WS: H. N. HEMPSTED
[Engraved by]  Peterson [sp?], N. Y.
Plate No. 6074
Engrav'd at Clayton's.
[Source: 052/033@Levy]

1. Vay down in Bennsylvany,
  Vere Tytchman ish de shtyle,
Dere live von lovely mädchen,
  Whose dad he did “shtrike ile.”
De ile it flow so shplendid,
  It make dem all to shmile,
For “Greenbacks” dey ish blenty too,
  Venever you “shtrike ile.” 

CHORUS [sung after each VERSE]
Ile! Ile! Ile!
Ile! Ile! Ile!
For “Greenbacks” dey ish blenty too,
Venev er you “shrtike ile.”
Ile! Ile! Ile!
Ile! Ile! Ile! For “
Greenbacks” dey ish blenty too,
Venever you “shrtike ile!” Ile! Ile! Ile!
Ile! Ile! Ile!
For “Greenbacks” dey ish blenty too,
Venev er you “shrtike ile.”

2. Dis mädchen have for lover,
  Who foller her long vile:
Says she, “Go vay, go vay, you!
  My dad he have shtruck ile!”
Her lover he say nottings,
  But goos mitout ein shmile.
Und works mit pick und shovel, too,
  Until he have “shtruck ile.”

3. Now ven de mädchen hear it,
  It did her deeper rile;
She tought dat he would never
  Be able to “shtrike ile.”
Und ven she feel no better,
  She start und run dree mile,
Und jump into ein vell und die,
  So soon vat she “shtrike ile.”