Lyrics Alexander's Ragtime Band - Irving Berlin
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,
the
funny
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
1 On the Avenue
2 The Girl On The Police Gazette
3 This Year's Kisses
4 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
5 This Years Kisses (Reprise)
6 You'll Have to Swing It (Mr.Paganini)
7 You Send Me
8 How many times do I have to tell you
9 Finale (The Caissons Go Rolling Along)
10 Alexander's Ragtime Band
11 Now It Can Be Told (Reprise)
12 When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam'
13 Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil
14 Marie
15 Alexander's Ragtime Band
16 God Bless America
17 This Is the Army Mr. Jones
18 The Army's Made a Man Out of Me
19 That's What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear
20 Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
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