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Thread #117235   Message #2529516
Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-Jan-09 - 07:37 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I Want a Cup of Coffee and a Piece of ...
Subject: Lyr Add: JA-DA (JA DA, JA DA, JING, JING, JING!)
Tara: Your version doesn't appear in the sheet music, but it could well be a variant.

From the sheet music at Indiana University Sheet Music Collections:

JA-DA (JA DA, JA DA, JING, JING, JING!)
Words and music by Bob Carleton
New York: Leo Feist, Inc., 1918.

1. You've heard all about your raggy melodies,
Ev'rything from opera down to harmony,
But I've a little song that I will sing to you.
It's going to win you through and through.
There ain't much to the words, but the music is grand,
And you'll be singing it to beat the band.
Now you've heard of your "Will o' the Wisp,"
But give a little listen to this:

CHORUS: It goes ja da (ja da), ja da (ja da), ja da ja da, jing, jing, jing.
(Ev'rybody's singing) ja da (ja da), ja da (ja da), ja da ja da, jing, jing, jing.
That's a funny little bit of melody.
It's so soothing and appealing to me.
It goes ja da (ja da), ja da (ja da), ja da ja da, jing jing jing!

2. Now ev'ryone was singing a Hawaiian strain.
Ev'ryone seemed to have it on their brain,
When Yaka Hicky Hoola Do was all the craze.
Why, that's the one that had 'em dazed.
The object now is for something new,
Something that will appeal to you;
And here's a little melody that you will find
Will linger, linger there on your mind: CHORUS

[Recorded by:
Beatrice Lillie (feat. in the London Show "Bran Pie Revue") – 1918
The New Orleans Jazz Band* - 1918
The Original New Orleans Jazz Band* - 1919
Arthur Fields (with Billy Murray) - 1919
Jim Europe's 369th Infantry "Hellfighters" Band* - 1919
The Arkansas Travelers* - 1927
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - 1936
Alice Faye (feat. in the film "Rose Of Washington Square") - 1939
Bobby Hackett & His Orchestra - 1939
Bob Crosby & His Orch. - 1940
Errol Garner Trio - 1952
Johnny & the Hurricanes - 1961
The Pointer Sisters – 1973
...and many, many others.

[*The links take you to the Red Hot Jazz Archive, which has playable files. Unfortunately, none of these versions has lyrics.]