Oh, ma hon-ey, oh, ma hon-ey,
bet-ter hur-ry and let's me-an-der
Ain't you go-in'? Ain't you go-in'?
To the lea-der-man, rag-ged me-ter man?
Oh, ma hon-ey, oh, ma hon-ey,
Let me take you to Al-ex-an-der's
Grand stand brass band,
ain't you com-in' a-long?
Come on and hear! Come on and hear!
Al-ex-an-der's rag-time band!
Come on and hear! Come on and hear!
It's the best band in the land!
They can play a bu-gle call like you
nev-er heard be-fore
So nat-u-ral that you want to go to war
That's just the best-est band what am,
oh, ma hon-ey lamb
Come on a-long, come on a-long,
let me take you by the hand
Up to the man, up to the man,
who's the lead-er of the band
And if you care to hear the Swa-nee
Riv-er played in rag-time
Come on and hear, come on and hear,
Al-ex-an-der's Rag-Time Band.
Oh, ma hon-ey, oh, ma hon-ey,
there's a fid-dle with notes that scree-ches,
Like a chick-en, like a chick-en,
and the clar-i-net is a col-ored pet
Come and list-en, come and list-en,
to a class-i-cal band what's pea-ches
Come now, some-how, bet-ter hur-ry a-long!
Come on and hear! Come on and hear!
Al-ex-an-der's rag-time band!
Come on and hear! Come on and hear!
It's the best band in the land!
They can play a bu-gle call like you
nev-er heard be-fore
So nat-u-ral that you want to go to war
That's just the best-est band what am,
oh, ma hon-ey lamb
Come on a-long, come on a-long,
let me take you by the hand
Up to the man, up to the man,
who's the lead-er of the band
And if you care to hear the Swa-nee
Riv-er played in rag-time
Come on and hear, come on and hear,
Al-ex-an-der's Rag-Time Band