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Alexander's Rag Time Band
Found in Alexanders_Ragtime_Band.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X: 1 T: Alexander's Rag Time Band C: words, music: Irving Berlin [1911] M: C L: 1/8 F: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/goldfrog/lester/tunes/session.abc K: C [| "C"z2E>^D EG3 | "C7"z2E>^D EG3 | "F"z2A>^G Ac2A | "G"G2 F2 E2 D2 | "C"z2 E>^D EG3 | w: On, ma hon-ey, Oh, ma hon-ey, Bet-ter hur-ry and let's me-an-der, Ain't you go-in', "C7"z2 E>^D EG3 | "D7"z2D>E ^F>ED2 | "G"z2G>A B>AG2 | "C"z2 E>^D EG3 | w: Ain't you go-in' To the lead-er man, rag-ged me-ter man? Oh, ma hon-ey, "C7"z2 E>^D EG3 | "F"z2A>^G Ac2A | "G"G2 "(F)"F2 "(C7)"E2 "(Bb)"D2 | "C"C4 "Bb"G4 | "F"F4 "D7"A4 | w: Oh, ma hon-ey, Let me take you to Al-ex-an-der's grand stand, brass band, "G7"z2G>A B>AG2 | "C7"c4 |][K:F]|: z>"CHORUS"^GA>G | "F"A4 "/E"z>^GA>G | "Dm"A4 "C7"z2A>^G | w: Ain't you com-in' a-long? Come on and hear, come on and hear, Al-ex- "F"A2G2 "C7"E2C2 | "F"F4 z>^cd>c | "Bb"d4 "/A"z>^cd>c | "Gm"d4 "F7"z2d>^c | "Bb"d2B2 F2B2 | w: an-der's rag-time band. Come on and hear. Come on and hear. It's the best band in the "Bb"d4 z2A>B | "F"cc dA c2 dA | "F"cc dA c2 z2 | "F"F2 AC F2 AC | w: land. They can play a bu-gle call like you nev-er heard be-fore, So nat-ur-al that you "F"FF AC F2 z2 | "C(G7)"G2 G4 A2 | "G7"=B2 G2 A2 B2 | "C"c8 | "Gm"BAG2 "C7"z>^GA>G | w: want to go to war. That's just the best-est band what am, hon-ey lamb. Come on a- "F"A4 "/E"z>^GA>G | "Dm"A4 "C7"z2A>^G | "F"A2G2 "C7"E2C2 | "F"F4 z>^cd>c | "Bb"d4 "/A"z>^cd>c | w: long. Come on a-long. Let me take you by the hand, up to the man, up to the "Gm"d4 "F7"z2d>^c | "Bb"d2B2 F2B2 | "Bb"d4 zAB=B | "F7"c2 c2 c2 A2 | "(Cm)"G2 F2 "F7"A2 G2 | "Bb"F4 f4 | w: man, who's the lead-er of the band. And if you care to hear the Swa-nee Riv-er played in "G7"d2f2 z>=Bc>B | "F"c4 z>=Bc>B | "D(m)"c4 zd2^c | "G7"d2 c2 "C7"A2 G2 | "F"F4 :| w: rag-time, come on and hear, come on and hear Al-ex-an-der's rag-time band.