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Down Yonder Down Yonder 1921 popular song Down Yonder is a popular American song with music and lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert. It was first published in 1921, and was introduced in the same year at the Orpheum Theater, New Orleans.[1] Quick facts Song, Published ... "Down Yonder" Sheet music cover, 1921 Song Published 1921 Songwriter(s) L. Wolfe Gilbert Close Gilbert had written the lyrics for the 1912 song "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" (for which Lewis F. Muir wrote the music). In "Down Yonder," Gilbert brought back four of the characters from the earlier song — Daddy, Mammy, Ephram and Sammy. However, the lyrics of "Down Yonder" are seldom heard because the song has usually been performed as…

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