Title

Alexander's Ragtime Band / words by Irving Berlin

Authors

Irving Berlin
ABC Music Corporation (New York)

Preview

Files

ISBN

MUM00682, 0160

Description

Cover: drawing of a band performing in a park gazebo; Publisher: ABC Music Corporation (New York)

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States

Relational Format

music score

Original Format

scores

Original Collection

Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/322

Lyrics

Lyrics:
First verse
Oh, ma honey, Oh ma honey, Better hurry and let's meander, Ain't you goin', Ain't you goin', To the leader man, ragged meter man? Oh, ma honey, Oh, ma honey, Let me take you to Alexander's grand stand, brass band, Ain't you comin' along?
Chorus
Come on and hear, Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band, Come on and hear, Come on and hear, It's the best band in the land, They can play a bugle call like you never heard before, So natural that you want to go to war; That's just the bestest band what am, honey lamb, Come on along, Come on along, Let me take you by the hand, Up to the man, Up to the man who's the leader of the band, And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime, Come on and hear, Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band. Come on and hear, Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band, Come on and hear, Come on and hear, It's the best band in the land, They can play a bugle call like you never heard before, So natural that you want to go to war; That's just the bestest band what am, honey lamb, Come on along, Come on along, Let me take you by the hand, Up to the man, Up to the man who's the leader of the band, And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime, Come on and hear, Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band.
Second verse
Oh, ma honey, Oh, ma honey, There's a fiddle with notes that screeches, Like a chicken, Like a chicken, And the clarinet is a colored pet, Come and listen, Come and listen, To a classical band what's peaches, come now, somehow, better hurry along.
(Chorus)

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