Alexander S Ragtime Band 18 May 1911 lyrics

1st verse:]
Oh, ma honey
Oh, ma honey
Better hurry and let`s meander
Ain`t you goin`
Ain`t you goin`
To the leaderman, ragged meter man?
Oh, ma honey
Oh, ma honey
Let me take you to Alexander`s grandstand, 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

[2nd 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
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