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Alabama Jubilee
1915
Music by George Cobb (Info)    Words by Jack Yellen (Info)
 
 Cover/Sheet Music
 
Cover  Page 1  Page 2  Page3  Page 4
                                          
8-Bar Intro  2 Bar Vamp
 
Verse 1
 
MAN-DO-LINS, VI-O-LINS,
HEAR THE DAR-KIES TUN-IN' UP, THE FUN BE-GINS,
COME THIS WAY, DON'T DE-LAY,
BET-TER HUR-RY, HON-EY DEAR, OR YOU'LL BE MISS-IN'
MU-SIC SWEET,RAG-TIME TREAT,
GOES RIGHT TO YOUR HEAD AND TRICK-LES TO YOUR FEET,
IT'S A RE-MIND-ER, A MEM-O-RY FIND-ER
OF NIGHTS DOWN IN OLD AL-A-BAM'.
 
Verse 2
 
HEAR THAT FLUTE, IT'S A BEAUT,
AND THE TUNES IT'S TOOT-IN", TOOT-SIE, AIN'T THEY CUTE?
LET'S BE-GIN,IT'S A SIN,
TO BE MISS-IN' ALL THIS SYN-CO-PAT-ED MU-SIC!
OH, YOU JANE, ONCE A-GAIN
GIVE YOUR LEGS SOME EX-ER-CISE TO THAT RE-FRAIN,
BOY, THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME SO DREAM-Y  AND TAKES ME
BACK HOME TO MY OLD AL-A-BAM'.
 
Chorus
 
YOU OUGHT TO SEE DEA-CON JONES WHEN HE RAT-TLES THE BONES,
OLD PAR-SON BROWN FOOL-IN' 'ROUN LIKE A CLOWN,
AUNT JE-MI-MA WHO IS PAST EIGHT-Y THREE,
SHOUT -IN' "I'M FULL O' PEP!
WATCH YO' STEP!, WATCH YO' STEP!
ONE LEG-GED JOE DANCED A-ROUN' ON HIS TOE,
THREW A-WAY HIS CRUTCH AND HOL-LERED, "LET 'ER GO!"
OH, HON-EY, HAIL! HAIL! THE GANG'S ALL HERE
FOR AN AL-A-BA-MA JUB-I-LEE