ALABAMA JUBILEE
(Jack Yellen, 1915)

Mandolins, violins,
Hear the darkies tunin' up, the fun begins.
Come this way. Don't delay.
Better hurry, honey dear, or you'll be missin'
Music sweet, ragtime treat,
Goes right to your head and trickles to your feet.
It's a reminder, a memory finder of nights down home in Alabam'.

CHO: You ought to see Deacon Jones when he rattles the bones,
Old Parson Brown foolin' roun' like a clown,
Aunt Jemima who is past eighty-three,
Shoutin', "I'm full o' pep! Watch yo' step, watch yo' step!"
One-legged Joe danced aroun' on his toe,
Threw away his crutch and hollered, "Let 'er go!"
Oh, honey, Hail! Hail! The gang's all here for an Alabama Jubilee.

Hear that flute, it's a beaut,
And the tunes it's tootin', tootsie, ain't they cute?
Let's begin. It's a sin
To be missin' all this syncopated music!
Oh, you Jane, once again
Give your legs some exercise to that refrain.
Boy, that's what makes me so dreamy and takes me back home to my old Alabam'.

CHO.

From the Lester H. Levy Collection of Sheet Music. Recorded by Robert Crumb, Mer
le Travis, the Skillet Lickers, Mance Lipscomb, Chet Atkins, Hank Snow,
Doc Watson, Leon Redbone, the Seldom Scene, and many others.
Music by George L. Cobb. Words by Jack Yellen, 1915
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