Irving Berlin - Alexander''s Ragtime Band Lyrics
Copyright 1911 by Ted Snyder Music, Inc.
VERSE 1:
Oh, ma hon-ey, oh, ma hon-ey, bet-ter hur-ry and let''s me-an-der
Ain''t you go-in''? Ain''t you go-in''? To the lea-der-man, rag-ged me-ter man?
Oh, ma hon-ey, oh, ma hon-ey, Let me take you to Al-ex-an-der''s
Grand stand brass band, ain''t you com-in'' a-long?
CHORUS:
Come on and hear! Come on and hear! Al-ex-an-der''s rag-time band!
Come on and hear! Come on and hear! It''s the best band in the land!
They can play a bu-gle call like you nev-er heard be-fore
So nat-u-ral that you want to go to war
That''s just the best-est band what am, oh, ma hon-ey lamb
Come on a-long, come on a-long, let me take you by the hand
Up to the man, up to the man, who''s the lead-er of the band
And if you care to hear the Swa-nee Riv-er played in rag-time
Come on and hear, come on and hear,
Al-ex-an-der''s Rag-Time Band.
VERSE 2:
Oh, ma hon-ey, oh, ma hon-ey, there''s a fid-dle with notes that scree-ches,
Like a chick-en, like a chick-en, and the clar-i-net is a col-ored pet
Come and list-en, come and list-en, to a class-i-cal band what''s pea-ches
Come now, some-how, bet-ter hur-ry a-long!
CHORUS:
Come on and hear! Come on and hear! Al-ex-an-der''s rag-time band!
Come on and hear! Come on and hear! It''s the best band in the land!
They can play a bu-gle call like you nev-er heard be-fore
So nat-u-ral that you want to go to war
That''s just the best-est band what am, oh, ma hon-ey lamb
Come on a-long, come on a-long, let me take you by the hand
Up to the man, up to the man, who''s the lead-er of the band
And if you care to hear the Swa-nee Riv-er played in rag-time
Come on and hear, come on and hear,
Al-ex-an-der''s Rag-Time Band