Hello Central Give Me Heaven - Byron G. Harlan - Victor No.4067 (1904)

Victor Grand Prize Recrd No.4067

"Hello Central Give Me Heaven" sung by Byron G. Harlan

Recorded: 10/11/1904
Matrix No.B-1754

"Hello Central Give Me Heaven" was a popular song published in 1901. The song is about a little girl whose Mother has died and gone to heaven. The girl wishes to talk with her Mother through the telephone. She is speaking with "Central" or the telephone operator to connect her to Heaven.

This Record is fairly worn. There is also a "rough" spot about halfway though the recording.

Lyrics:

Papa I'm so sad and lonely,
Sobbed a tearful little child

Since dear mama's gone to heaven
Papa darling, you've not smiled

I will speak to her and tell her
That we want her to come home

Just you listen and I'll call her
Through the telephone

Hello Central give me heaven
For my mama's there

You can find her with the angels
on the golden stair

She'll be glad it's me who's speaking
call her, won't you please

For I want to surely tell her
We're so lonely here