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