To 
Miss Kate M. Payne,
 Macon, GA
"Minnie Lee" (1864)
Ballad.
[Words and?]
Music Composed by 
Hermann L. Schreiner.

Macon & Savanna, GA: J.C. Schreiner & Son
Columbia, SC: Townsend & North
Montgomery, AL: W. S. Barton
Richmond, VA: P. H. Taylor, J. W. Randolph, Woodhouse & Co.
Charleston, SC: Henry Siegleng
Charlotte, NC: S. W. Whittaker
Raleigh, NC: W. P. Pomeroy
Goldsboro', NC: Booart & Whittaker
Augusta, GA: Blackmar & Bro.
Wilmington, NC: F. D. Shaw, Jr., T. B. Whitaker
Mobile, AL: Jos. Bloch, J. H. Snow, H. C. Clarke
Atlanta: GA: J. J. Richards & Co.
Selma, AL: J. W. Blanden
[Source: 093/148@Levy
(Laxayu's 6 Mar 1935 Julliard)]

1. Long time ago there was a maid, 
Her name was Minnie Lee, 
And when I told her of my love, 
She said that she lov’d me; 
But since that time, ah! things have changed, 
Her heart’s grown cold to me; 
And many a merry year has pass’d 
Since I met Minnie Lee.

CHORUS 1
Minnie, Minnie, yes, sweet Minnie, 
I love Minnie Lee; 
Oh! I’ll forgive, forgive her all, 
If she will but love me.

2.  Minnie Lee, the girl I love, 
She looks so meek and mild, 
She told me that she once lov’d me, 
When I was but a child; 
She kiss’d me hand, she kissed my cheek, 
She sighed and drew from me; 
And since that time I have not seen 
My pretty Minnie Lee.

CHORUS 2
Then take me back to Tennessee, 
There let me live and die, 
Among her fields of yellow corn, 
Where Minnie’s sleeping now.