Alexander's Rag Time Band

X: 1
T: Alexander's Rag Time Band
C: words, music: Irving Berlin [1911]
M: 2/2
L: 1/8
Q: 1/8=220
F: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/goldfrog/lester/tunes/session.abc
K: G
{^A} B2 | {^A} B3 z {^A} B2 | {^A} B3 z {^A} B2 | {^A} B2 =A2 F2 D2 | G3 z {^d} e2 |\
{^d} e3 z {^d} e2 | {^d} e3 z {^d} e2 | {^d} e2 c2 G2 c2 | e3 z e2 |
{^c} d2 e2 {^c} d2 e2 | {^c} d2 e2 {^c} d2 B2 | G2 {^A} B2 G2 {^A} B2 | G2 {^A} B2 G2 z |\
A2 A2-A2 B2 | ^c2 A2 B2 c2 | d2 z d2 z | c B3 A2 {^A} B2 |
{^A} B3 z {^A} B2 | {^A} B3 z {^A} B2 | {^A} B2 =A2 F2 D2 | G3 z {^d} e2 |\
{^d} e3 z {^d} e2 | {^d} e3 z {^d} e2 | {^d} e2 c2 G2 c2 | e3 z e2 |
d3 z B2 | A2 G2 B2 A2 | G4 g4 | e2 g2-g2 d2 |\
{^c} d3 z d2 | {^c} d3 z d2 | {^c} d2 d2 e2 f2 | g6 |]
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W: Oh, my honey, Yes? Oh, my honey, Yes?
W: Better hurry and let's meander.
W: Ain't you goin'? Where you goin'?
W: Ain't you goin'? Where you goin'?
W: To the leader man, Raggie music band?
W:
W: Oh, my honey, What?
W: Oh, my honey, What?
W: Let me take you to Alexander's Grandstand Brass Band,
W: Ain't you coming along?
W:
W: Come on and hear, I got to hear!
W: Come on and hear, I got to hear! Alexander's Ragtime Band!
W: Come on and hear, I'll get to hear,
W: Come on and hear, I'll get to hear! It's the best band in the land!
W: Can you play a bugle call like I never heard before?
W: Why, so natural that you'll want to go to war!
W: That's just the bestest band what am, Honey lamb!
W:
W: Come on along, I'm goin' along,
W: Come on along, I'm goin' along, Let me take you by the hand,
W: Up to the man Up to the man,
W: Up to the man, Up to the man, Who's the leader of the band.
W: And I would like to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime!
W: Come on and hear I'm going to hear
W: Come on and hear I'm going to hear Alexander's Ragtime Band!
W:
W: Oh, my honey, Well!
W: Oh, my honey, Well! There's a fiddler with notes that screeches
W: Like a chicken! Like a chicken!
W: Like a chicken! Oh, you're kickin'! And a clarinet Is the leader's pet;
W:
W: Come on and listen, Sure!
W: Come on and listen, Sure! To a classical band what's peaches,
W: Come now, somehow, Better hurry along!
W:
W: Come on and hear, I got to hear!
W: Come on and hear, I got to hear! Alexander's Ragtime Band!
W: Come on and hear, I'll get to hear,
W: Come on and hear, I'll get to hear It's the best band in the land!
W: Can you play a bugle call like I never heard before?
W: Why, so natural that you'll want to go to war!
W: That's just the bestest band what am, Honey lamb!
W:
W: Come on along, I'm goin' along,
W: Come on along, I'm goin' along, Let me take you by the hand,
W: Up to the man Up to the man,
W: Up to the man, Up to the man, Who's the leader of the band.
W: And I would like to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime.
W: Come on and hear, I'm going to hear,
W: Come on and hear, I'm going to hear Alexander's Ragtime Band!

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/program/song/Alexanders_Ragtime_Band1_Gw/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/song/Alexanders_Ragtime_Band1_Gw/0000

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