Hot Tamale Alley 1896

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 May 2011
2011

Down in Hot Tamale Alley
lives a yaller girl called Sally,
she's the warmest member
in the coloured neighbourhood,
Sally is the pink of neatness
she's a little lump of sweetness,
I'm her man,
the whole coon clan,
would carve me if they could;
Talk about your jealous niggers,
how they'd like to pull the triggers,
of the guns they carry,
and a target made of me,
Just because I've won this baby,
and some day, I'll wed her may be,
When we go out for a stroll
we are a sight to see.

There's no nigger,
cutting any figure,
when I go out for a promenade with Sally!
There's a lot of wenches darker
but you bet there's not a marker,
to my baby, down in Hot Tamale Alley!

There's no nigger,
cutting any figure,
when I go out for a promenade with Sally!
There's a lot of wenches darker
but you bet there's not a marker,
to my baby, down in Hot Tamale Alley!

Ev'ry cake walk, why we win it,
no one's in it, for a minute,
When I link her arms and walk
with Hot Tamale Sal,
To dis coon she is a blessing,
and she doesn't keep me guessing,
For I know that I'm her beau,
and she's my only gal;
She's the prize, and I have won it,
ev'ry nigger tips his bonnet,
when we pass,
or else I flourish up my razor blade,
Now by Darktown we're respected,
swellest couple we're elected,
Babies mighty hot 'twould take,
to put us in the shade.

There's no nigger,
cutting any figure,
when I go out for a promenade with Sally!
There's a lot of wenches darker
but you bet there's not a marker,
to my baby, down in Hot Tamale Alley!

There's no nigger,
cutting any figure,
when I go out for a promenade with Sally!
There's a lot of wenches darker
but you bet there's not a marker,
to my baby, down in Hot Tamale Alley!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Hot Tamale Alley 1896
Music by Geo.M.Cohan
Lyrics by May Irwin
© MDCCCXCVI by Spaulding & Grey, London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 20 May 2011 at 16.12
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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