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?
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
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
