Here are the lyrics to a song published in 1919 as a response to ARB. ALEXANDER'S BAND IS BACK IN DIXIELAND (Jack Yellen/Albert Gumble. Published by Jerome H. Remick & Co, Detroit, Michigan and New York, 1919) Sheet music from In Harmony: Sheet Music From Indiana> (Downloadable as a PDF). 1. Where's that music comin' from Listen to that rum-tum-tum That's what I call music sweet, Puts the tickle in your feet I know from the metre there's a certain leader Comin' down the street CHORUS Here comes Ragtime Alexander Dixie's famous band commander No more worry no more blues Ev'rybody run along and get your dancin' shoes When it comes to syncopation That's the best band in creation Oh boy what a time 'Cross the Mason-Dixon Line Alexander's band is back in Dixieland. PATTER CHORUS Hear the clarinetter Listen to the bugle Lordy can't he blow Yes bo! Listen to the fiddler I wish I was the fiddler and he was my bow Who is that a moanin' That's trombone Saxophone Some moan That's the boy that's gonna make me leave my home Oh boy what a time 'Cross the Mason-Dixon Line Alexander's band is back in Dixieland. 2. Now we'll have some harmonies Floatin' on the evenin' breeze When the steamboat loaders And the cotton toters Start their jubilees. I'll be down to ev'ry one Just as quick as I can run With my lovin' baby Let me tell you maybe I won't have some fun (CHORUS)
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