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1956
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Cindy, Oh Cindy" is a song written by Robert Nemiroff and Burt D'Lugoff[1][2] and credited to their pseudonyms, Robert Barron and Burt Long. It used as its melody a stevedore song, "Pay Me My Money Down", collected by Lydia Parrish in her 1942 book Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands,[3] which was performed by The Weavers during their influential 1955 Carnegie Hall concerts and further popularized by The Kingston Trio on tour starting in 1957.
[Intro] (Mm-mm) (Mm-mm) [Chorus] Cindy, oh, Cindy Cindy, don't let me down Write me a letter soon And I'll be homeward bound [Verse 1] I joined the Navy to see the world But nowhere could I find A girl as sweet as Cindy The girl I left behind I've sailed the wide world over Can't get her out of my mind [Chorus] Cindy, oh, Cindy Cindy, don't let me down Write me a letter soon And I'll be homeward bound [Verse 2] I see her face in every wave Her lips kiss every breeze Her lovin' arms reach out for me Through calm and stormy sea At night I pace the lonely deck Caressed by memories You might also like Flowers Miley Cyrus Kill Bill SZA Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 Bizarrap & Shakira [Chorus] Cindy, oh, Cindy Cindy, don't let me down Write me a letter soon And I'll be homeward bound [Verse 3] I know my Cindy's waitin' As I walk the deck alone Her lovin' arms reach out for me So I'll be heading home Then my sailin' days will be over And no more will I roam [Chorus] Cindy, oh, Cindy Cindy, don't let me down Write me a letter soon And I'll be homeward bound [Outro] (Mm-mm) (Mm-mm)
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