Down Around The River 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Jul 2008
2008

Put some pinky powder on your nose,
Fix yourself up like a coalblack rose,
Honey come with me
to that jubilee.
Tickets cost a dime
the wardrobe's free.
The Jazzbo band will be there,
you mustn't miss this swell affair.

Down around the river
down around the river
hear those banjos
they'll set your heart a quiver,
listen to those musical feet,
hear them trottin'
around the bales of cotton,
Come on, gal,
let's join the merry makin'
Doggone gal!
I see your shoulders shakin'
come on let 'em shiver,
down around the river,
at the Dixie Jubilee.

Down around the river
down around the river
hear those banjos
they'll set your heart a quiver,
There's old Alexander himself
in the middle
he plays a nasty fiddle,
I declare!
There goes the parson's daughter,
looky there,
she's with a Pullman Porter
what a time he'll give her,
down around the river,
at the Dixie Jubilee.

Shake your feet, there,
gal it's gettin' late,
this is no time for to hesitate,
I can feel them Blues
way down in my shoes.
When the music calls I can't refuse,
Just hear that jazz melody.
Oh, hon' it's callin' you and me:

Down around the river
down around the river
hear those banjos
they'll set your heart a quiver,
listen to those musical feet,
hear them trottin'
around the bales of cotton,
Come on, gal,
let's join the merry makin'
Doggone gal!
I see your shoulders shakin'
come on let 'em shiver,
down around the river,
at the Dixie Jubilee.

Down around the river
down around the river
hear those banjos
they'll set your heart a quiver,
There's old Alexander himself
in the middle
he plays a nasty fiddle,
I declare!
There goes the parson's daughter,
looky there,
she's with a Pullman Porter
what a time he'll give her,
down around the river,
at the Dixie Jubilee.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Down Around The River 1919
Music by Melville Morris
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
© MCMXIX by Leo Feist Inc. - N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 18 July 2008 at 09.05
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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