Summah night an' sighin' breeze
'Long de lovah's lane;
Frien'ly, shadder-mekin' trees
'Long de lovah's lane
White folks' wo'k all done up gran' --
Me an' 'Mandy han'-in-han'
Struttin' lak we owned de lan'
'Long de lovah's lane

Owl a-settin' 'side de road
'Long de lovah's lane
Lookin' at us lak he knowed
Dis uz lovah's lane
Go on, hoot yo' mou'nful tune
You ain' nevah loved in June
An' come hidin' f'om de moon
Down in lovah's lane

Bush it ben' an' nod an' sway
Down in lovah's lane
Try'n' to hyeah me whut I say
'Long de lovah's lane
But I whispahs low lak dis
An' my 'Mandy smile huh bliss --
Mistah Bush he shek his fis'
Down in lovah's lane
Whut I keer ef day is long
Down in lovah's lane
I kin allus sing a song
'Long de lovah's lane
An' de wo'ds I hyeah an' say
Meks up fu' de weary day
Wen I's strollin' by de way
Down in lovah's lane

An' dis t'ought will allus rise
Down in lovah's lane;
Wondah whethah in de skies
Dey 's a lovah's lane
Ef dey ain't, I tell you true
'Ligion do look mighty blue
'Cause I do' know whut I 'd do
'Dout a lovah's lane