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Bb Treble

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F Horn
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12th Street Rag ................................................. 1

A Good Man Is Hard To Find ............................. 146
Aint We Got Fun ................................................... 280
Afghanistan ............................................................. 8
After The Ball Is Over ........................................ 248
After Youve Gone ................................................. 270
Aggravatin Papa ..................................................... 210
Alabama Jubilee ..................................................... 174
Alcoholic Blues ........................................................ 90
Alexanders Ragtime Band ............................... 92
Alice Blue Gown ....................................................... 43
All The Girls Go Crazy ........................ 252
Amazing Grace ......................................................... 154
American Patrol ............................... 217
And They Called It Dixieland ............................... 262
Any Time ........................... 261
April Showers .......................... 228
At a Georgia Camp Meeting ................................ 25
At The Devils Ball ................................................... 220
At The Jazz Band Ball ............................................ 222
Aunt Hagars Blues .......................... 152
Avalon ................................. 154
Baby Wont You Please Come Home ..................... 277
Ballin The Jack ............................ 256
Barnyard Blues .. 230
Beale Street Blues .......................... 234
Bill Bailey .. 40
Blue and Broken Hearted ............................... 33
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me .. 200
Bluin The Blues ................................... 258
By The Light of the Silvery Moon .................. 254
Careless Love ...... 182
Chicago .................... 276
China Boy ..... 42
Chinatown, My Chinatown .......................... 149
Cleopatra Had a Jazz Band .................................... 150
Creole Belles ........ 62
Curse of An Aching Heart ..................................... 202
Dangerous Blues .... 76
Dardanella .............. 272
Darktown Strutters Ball ....................................... 224
Dear Old Southland ................................................ 207
Dixieland Jazz Band One Step ............................ 168
Down Among The Sheltering Palms ..................... 34
Down By the Riverside ........................................... 99
Down Home Rag ....................................................... 165
Down In Borneo Isle ...... 192
Down In Honky Tonk Town .................................... 54
Down in Jungle Town ............................................... 56
Down Yonder ............................................................. 274
Easy Riders Gone .................................................... 132

Eccentric ..................................................................... 10
Eh La Bas ..................................................................... 133
Fidgety Feet .............................................................. 134
Flee As A Bird ............................................................ 31
Floatin Down That Old Green River ..................... 126
Floatin Down To Cotton Town ................................ 128
Foolish Questions ..................................................... 208
Frankie And Johnnie ................................................ 42
Get Out Of Here .. 148
Grizzly Bear Rag ....................................................... 70
He May Be Your Man ............................................... 72
Hesitating Blues ........................................................ 68
High Society ............................................................... 214
Hindustan ..................................................................... 2
Hot Lips ....................................................................... 178
I Aint Gonna Give None of My Jelly Roll . 32
I Cant Let Em Suffer ............................................. 96
I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody .................... 201
I Want To Do The Bear Cat Dance ...................... 268
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate ..... 186
Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider ................................... 242
If You Were The Only Girl In The World . 282
In The Sweet By and By ... 260
Indiana ........................................................................ 4
Ja Da ........................................................................... 110
Japanese Sandman ................................................... 226
Jazz Baby ................................................................... 44
Jazz Me Blues ........................................................... 194
Jelly Roll Blues .......................................................... 196
Joe Averys Piece 37
Just A Closer Walk With Thee . 247
Just a Little While to Stay Here ......................... 30
King Chanticleer......................................................... 104
Lasses Candy .............................................................. 102
Lassus Trombone ..................................................... 284
Lazy Daddy .................................................................. 112
Limehouse Blues ......................................................... 114
Livery Stable Blues (Vocal) ..................................... 116
Livery Stable Blues .................................................. 228
Long Gone ................................................................... 142
Love Nest ................................................................... 188
Lovin Sam ................................................................... 158
Ma, Hes Making Eyes At Me .................................. 160
Maitland 89
Mama Dont Allow ...................................................... 13
Mandy ........................................................................... 14
Margie .......................................................................... 12
Memphis Blues ............................................................ 80
Midnight in Moscow ................................................... 81
Missouri Waltz .......................................................... 266
My Bucket's Got a Hole In It ................................ 95

My Daddy Rocks Me ................................................. 58

My Honeys Lovin Arms .......................................... 162
Oh ................................................................................. 15
Oh By Jingo ................................................................ 98
Oh Didnt He Ramble ............................................... 120
Old Rugged Cross .................................................... 206
Ole Miss ..................................................................... 198
On The Alamo ........................................................... 238
Orys Creole Trombone .......................................... 108
Ostrich Walk ........................................................... 264
Over in The Glory Land . 286
Over The Waves ..................................................... 140
Panama ....................................................................... 16
Pearls .......................................................................... 18
Poor Butterfly .......................................................... 103
Pretty Baby ............................................................... 38
Riverside Blues......................................................... 94
Rock A Bye Your Baby ............................................ 26
Rose of Washington Square ................................. 204
Rose Room ................................................................ 212
Royal Garden Blues ................................................ 141
Rufe Johnsons Harmony Band ............................ 170
Runnin' Wild ............................................................. 172
Sailing Down Chesapeake Bay .............................. 130
San .............................................................................. 22
Satanic Blues ............................................................ 74
Second Hand Rose ................................................. 156
Second Line ... 38
Sensation .................................................................. 24
Shake It and Break It .......................................... 166
Sheik of Araby ........................................................ 184
Shoot Em 283
Singin' The Blues .................................................... 155
Sister Kate ............................................................... 186
Skeleton Jangle ....................................................... 64
Sobbin' Blues ............................................................ 66
Some of These Days ............................................... 203
Some Sweet Day ...................................................... 240
Somebody Stole My Gal ......................................... 232
Someday Sweetheart ............................................. 244
St. James Infirmary .............................................. 164
St. Louis Blues .......................................................... 180
Stockyard Strut ...................................................... 236
Storyville Blues ........................................................ 82
Strut Miss Lizzie ..................................................... 84
Stumbling ................................................................... 21
Suez ............................................................................ 6
Swanee ........................................................................ 20
Taint Nothin Else But Jazz .................................. 88
T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do ....................... 86
Take Me To The Land Of Jazz ............................ 190

Take My Hand, Precious Lord ... 89

That Da Da Strain ............................................... 111
That Dixie Jazz .................................................... 120
Thats A Plenty ...................................................... 28
There'll Be Some Changes Made ...................... 60
This Little Light of Mine . 175
Tiger Rag ................................................................. 218
Til we Meet Again ................................................ 246
Tishomingo Blues .................................................. 78
Toot, Toot, Tootsie ............................................. 263
Tuck me to Sleep................................................... 183
Under The Bamboo Tree ..................................... 223
Wabash Blues ......................................................... 100
Waitin For The Robert E Lee ............................ 136
Walkin' the Dog ..................................................... 138
Washington and Lee Swing .................................. 36
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans .................... 122
When Ragtime Rosie Ragged The Rosary......... 124
When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves ............. 250
When The Saints .................................................... 239
When You Wore A Tulip ....................................... 278
When Youre A Million Miles From Nowhere .... 161
Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go ............................ 118
WhiffenPoof Song ................................................... 229
Whispering ................................................................. 9
Wild Cherries Rag .................................................... 106
Willie The Weeper .. 46
World Is Waiting For The Sunrise ...................... 48
Yama Yama Man ......................................................... 49
Yellow Dog Blues ........................................................ 50
Youve Got To See Your Mama Evry Night ......... 52

12th Street Rag

Euday L. Bowman - 1914

C7
C7
C7
C7

A F

C7

C7

C7

G7

C7

C7

B F

C7

C7

C7

F7

B7

G7 C7

Standard Doo Wack-a-doo chorus

C7

Back to top with Intro

C7
Etc

CF

Hindustan
Oliver Wallace & Harold Weeks 1918

q = 185

A D

Cam - el trap - pings

jin

A&7

Sing

ring

- ing,

E7

ing,

mem - o - ries are bring

E7

- ing,

call - ing me

A7

a - far.

tin

gle,

Un - der - neath the

With a sweet voice mingle,

Harp strings sweet - ly

gle,

stars.

E7

Tem - ple bells are

BD

Hin

stopped to

rest

our

pea - cock

pur - ple

E7

met

proud - ly spreads his

fan

du

D7

sun - bird

E9

Hin

flahsed

du

A7

her

and

the

world

a - cross

the

be

we

where

the

A7

where

the

Gm

stan

where

sand,

Gm

stan,

E9

A7

stan,

A+

- van,

A7

A7

A+7

Hin

car - a

A7

A7

tir - ed

stan,

Adim

du

paint - ed

du

A7

Hin

D7

A7

A7

A+

gan.

where

Indiana

q = 200

have al - ways been a

Cm6

D7

G F7 F7

seems

that

gain

seem

to

in - di

G7

see

Back home a -

na

the gleam - ing

A7

thru the

a spell o'er

A7

see

syc - a - mores

Am

be,

in

can

D7

E7

fair

sea

A7

A7

A7

and

Casts

Am7

shin - ing bright

G#

ion

E7

D7

gain

D7

vis

O - ver land

Am

me

a moon - beam on the wa - ter

D7

Cm

Yet

wand - 'rer

G7

A7

for

And

it

can - dle light

D7

me.

still

D7

The new - mown

F7 E7

C G F7

B7

fields

B7

sends

all

its

to

used

Em7

hay

Wa - bash,

Em

A7

fra

Em

From

the

grance

B7

long

When I dream a - bout the moon - light on the

roam.

E7

then I

A7

D7

for my

In - di - an - a

home.

(D7)

Suez

Ferdie Grofe/Peter DeRose - 1922

Rhythm Vamp 4 bars

A
F

A
E7
E7

A A

E7

E7

E7

E7

B A

E7

E7

E7

E7

Rhythm Vamp

E7

Rhythm Vamp:

A
E7

G7

Solos Here
C C
B&

C7

D C7

A7

D7

A7

A7

G7

G7

G7

D7

B&

D7

E7

A7

D7

B&

Afghanistan

William Wilander & Harry Donelly - 1920

A G

C/G

In the land of Af- ghan- is-

tan,

In

by

F7

'Cross

the

the

a-

tan,

o-

ghan- is-

fair

his dreams he's call- ing

F7

C7 F7

stole his Hin-du maid-en

In

F7

Af-

sis,

There's

Wait- ing

F7

F7

des - ert

sand,

we

one

a-

way.

for

you,

will

to

day for you,my i-

dol,

in

her.

B/D
B/D

car- a-

van

Break - Unison 1 bar

And for you on-

ly.

A7/C


find a

C D7/F
G
C7
F7

There will be a bri- dal

to love her.

D7
G
F7
D7/F

Hin-du man is lone- ly and blue.

that he was the

day,

G7
C

C/G

But there came an- oth- er one

man.

D7 Break

her

F7

G Break

She swore by the stars up a - bove

There's a Hin-du maid and a

G7
C

Af- ghan- is-

tem- ple,

tan.

9
Schonberger - Coburn,
V. Rose - 1920

Whispering
A F

C7

to

tell

you

A7

D7

der,

So that

whis - per

B F

Whis-

D7

G7

me,

Each

hear

me,

C F

whis-

lieve

true,

per- ing

why you'll nev- er

me,

D&7

grieve

my

one

so no one can

C7

dear, but

you,

me,

Whis-

cheer

leave

me,

Whis- per- ing that

G7

D7

G7

shoul

whis- per seems to

E7

C7

Whis - per- ing

tle

you.

there's no

why you'll nev- er

know it's

head on

C7

C7

lit-

me,

C7 G7

E7

to

per- ing while you cud-dle near

can

E7

D&7

C7

G7

And it's worth - while list - en - ing

lit - tle

C7

Put your

A7

to.

C7

Hon - ey I have some - thing

per and

love

you.

C&7

You're

Whis-

per- ing

say that you

be-

Eccentric

10

A C

A7

D7

J. Russell Robinson - 1921

D7

G7

G7

G7
C

D7

C G7

C7 F

G7

C
G7
C
C7

B F

G7

F
C7 F C7 F

C7

A7

C7 F

C7

Solos:
G7

C C

D7

Solos Begin Here first time

G7

11

G7
C

C

D7

G7

C
G7
C
C G7

C
C
D7
G7 C

D7

G7

E7

C
C
D7
G7

C
D7 G7

Tag

C
C

E7

After last solo play "C" as

written then on to "D"

D C

pp

Margie

12
q = 160

Con Conrad & J. Russel Robinson

AG

You

Here's

Am

can

talk

one

E7

night

D7

He holds her

D7

you;

must

tell

to

Am

sit

up - on the stairs,

close and starts to

coo:

F7

D7

love af - fairs,

Am7

long they

a - bout your

All

A7

E7

D7

My

lit - tle

BG

Mar

Don't

for

A7

get

have

bought

Days

D7

nev

er

all

is

said

and

done,

There

is

Am7

Mar

gie,

D7

Mar - gie

it's

ring

and

you."

you

love

you,

ev - 'ry - thing, For

G7

G+7

in - spir - a - tion,

my

Af - ter

G7 F7

real - ly

of

blue.

me,

to

B7

You've been

are

world

break

home and

gie,

the

prom - ise

your

G+7

think - ing

tell

E7

Mar

F7

A7

F7

I'll

C G

gie,

al - ways

I'm

Mar

gie,

G7

13

F7

E7

on - ly

D7

"My

one,

Oh!

lit - tle

Mandy
14

A C

I was stroll - ing out one

hear some bo - dy

B F

D7

D7

han - dy,

If we'd let him make a

here's the ring for your

fing

this.

C
- dy,

fee.

Oh

now

is - n't it

ling - er

So don't you

and it sure would be

A7
- er

A7

C7

G7

- thing like

It was just some -bod - y

some

G7

han

I could

So Istopped a while to

there's a min-is - ter

moon.

tune.

miss.

G7

dy,

want - ed to

- na - ding

Man -

word

ser - e

G7

a fa - mil - iar

Not a

'neath the silv' -ry

ing

D7

sing - ing

lis - ten,

G7

G7

even

Irving Berlin - 1918

D7

a hum - ding -

D7

G7

er?

Come a - long and let the wed - ding chimes bring hap - py times far Man - dy

and me.

Oh!
C

15
Byron Gay/Arnold Johnson - 1919

G7

G7
C

G7

D7

D7

Break: 2 Bars

B C

G7
C

G7
C7

F
G7

C C& C6 C&

1.

2. C

Panama

16

A
F C7

C7
C7

D7

1.

D7

G7
C7
F

F7

B&7

F7

F7

F7

B

B

C7

D7

F F7

G7

F7

2.

F7

C7

G7

B B

C7

C7

C7

William H Tyres - 1913

17

D
F7
A7

D B

F7
B

E
E

pp
ff

F7

F7

F7

F7

F7

B7

1.

F7 B
F7

B7

2.F7

F7

F7

F7

The Pearls

18

Jelly Roll Morton - 1919

E7

E7
F7 B F7 B B7

F7 B
F7 B

B A7

C7

B7 E7
A

D7

F7

B7

A7

D7

E7

Break - 2 bars
A
A E7
A

A7 3
A 3
A7

C Tuba Only

D7

E7

A7

F7

B7

E7

19

F7

E7

All

A7

A7

A C7 F E

D E

A7

D7

D Tuba only

All

A7

D
G
B7
E

G
D
B7
E7
A7

A7

A7

Tuba Only

D9

Swanee

20

G

A

Swan

folks

ee

D7

B

D7

by

Swan - ee.

the

Swan - ee,

a - mong the

Swan - ee.

D7

love the

Wait - in' for me

D7

will

am com ing back

to

Swan - ee,

A7

D7

G E7D7 G

old

folks

at home.

D7

shore.

Swan - ee,

G&

The folks up north

Swan - ee,

When I get to that Swan - ee

old

D7

- my's

C7
D7

dear

more,

My

be

D - i - x - i - e - ven know my Mam

Pray - in' for me Down

to

D7

in

D7 G
A7

A7

D9

D7

see me no

I'd give the world

G&

How I love you How I love you

Swan - ee.

D7

G&

Gorge Gershwin - 1919

Stumbling

21
Zez Confrey - 1922

A7

F7

Stum-bling all a- round, Stum-bling all a-round, Stum-bling all a-round so

B7

Stumb-ling here and there, Stum-bling

B7

ny,

clare:

And when she bumped my nose,

E7

fell and when I rose,

fun-

on her toes,

I must de-

B7
F

ev- 'ry- where, And

E7

I stepped right

I felt a- shamed.

And told her:

A7

F7

That's the la-test step,That's the la-test step,That's the la-teststep, My

hon-

ey,

B7

D6

No-tice all the pep, No-tice all the pep, No-tice all the pep.

bling,

tho' you are stum-

bling,

E7
A
B7

just a lit- tle bit, just a

She said:Stop mum-

lit- tle bit, quite a lit- tle

bit.

like

it

22

San

Bass Intro

A
E

B7

King
One

McPhail/Michels - 1920

shore
sad

at Bu- la- may,

ness on the shore,

B7

San of Sen- egal

day the queen came home,

B7

C7

Sat
Saw

on
San

B7

Bu-

la-

On

the
in

may,

the shore.

E

Sing

Told

queen
San

A
-

B7

ing

sad

re-

who'd gone ashe would a

frain

him she'd no more

B7

To

roam.

way.
dore.

On

B7

his

dear

ly

her

E C7 B7

This was his

lay:

Then came his

lore:

D7

E7

C7

You said you

A7 D7

E7

way?
stay?

My dar-ling Lo - na,

na,

D7

E7

Oh, sweet-heart Lo-

loved

me,

A7

loved

me

loved

me,

But

Why did
I

you

If

had

G7

done would be the

thing

And it will break dear,

For all the time dear.

this

way?-

some

day.

to

A7

to

if

knew you

you

What you have

E7

do.

But my heart aches,

But now you're mine

D7

If you don'tcome back

And you're for - giv - en

you

true

E7

E7

act

ev- er been un-

E7

knew you'd come

D
G7
G

D7

ato

E7

Why have you gone

Have you comeback

23

C7

dear,
dear,

D7

home a - gain to San.

by your lov - ing San.

24
q = 180

A C

Am

Sensation

1. D7

G7

2.Dm

D7

G7

C7

Gm7

G7

Bb Eb

C7

F7

Bb

F7

Bb

Bb

Gdim

D7

F7

C7

Bb Eb

C7

C7

A7

G7

C7

G7

B F

Dm

1917

Eb

Bb

Bb

Eb

Eb

Bb Eb

C7

F7

Back to B

1.

Bb F7

2.

Bb F7

At a Georgia Camp Meeting

25

2 bars unison w/ Clarinet trill

G7

C7

D7

G7

C G7

C7

G7

2 bars unison

C
B G7

Adim

G7

G7

Fdim

A7

D7

G7

Fine

C7

Back to "B" for solos, after last solo play "A" once

26

Rock a Bye Your Baby

Jean Schwartz - 1918

A
D

Mam-my

mine,

strolled a-

sign.

Mam-my

A7

home to-day,

A7

F
F

way.

A7

there to stay.

mine,

C7

a-

C7

Your roll- in'stone is roll - in'

F
A7/E
A7

Just to see your smil- in' face,

When I'm in your fond em- brace,

way,

C7
F

Your lit- tle roll- in'stone that rolled

A&7

A7/E

Smile a wel-come

A
E7
A7

Lis-ten Mam-my

mine:

B
A7
D
D

Rock-A - Bye Your Ba-by With

A7

croon a tune

from Vir- gin-

C
D

Weep no more my

E7

from the heart

A7

Dix-

dy,

when you croon,

A7

of

A7

ie.

Just hang my cra- dle,

B7

Mam-my mine,

E7

Dix- ie Mel- o-

A7

Right on that Mas- on-

A7

ia,

27

E7

Dix-on Line,

And swing it

To Ten- nes- see with all the love that's in

A7
D

la-dy, sing

that song a- gain for

me,

ya'

A7

And Old Black Joe,

A7 G7 F7
B7
E

just as though you had

me on yourknee.

F
E7

The min- ute that you sing the Swan-ee

D
B7
E7

rock- a- bye ba-

by with

Dix-

A million ba-by kiss-es I'll de-liv-

Riv-

ie

er,

Rock-

A7

mel- o-

dy.

a-

bye

er,

your

That's A 'Plenty

28

Lew Pollack / Ray Gilbert 1914

A Em

B7

Em

Em

B7

B7

Em

B
D7

2 bar break

G# D7

D7
G

D7

G7
C C
G

C Em

B7

Bass

E7

D7
G B7

A7

Em

bass

B7

Em

B7

Bass

Bass

Em

G7

D C

B7 Bb7 A7

D7

G7
29

B7 Bb7 A7

G7
C

D7
G7

Dmi7

E E

trombone, bass

solo here

G C

G
H

Bb7

G7

B7 Bb7 A7

C
C
Dmi
G7
C

A7

G7

G7

F7

G7

continue after last solo

G
FINE

G7

D7

G7

D7

B7

cornet,clarinet

C

D7

A7

Dmi7

G7

Just a Little While to Stay Here

30
q = 160

A Bb

Just a

all

Bb7

Eb

Bb

to

stay

here,

be

will

Eb

Ebm

Bb

to

la

ly

jour

Just

lit - tle

while

end.

Soon we'll take our

hev'n

bor,

in

the path that's

ney,

Be

at

B Bb

Just

Bb

lit - tle more

home

a - gain

Eb

Bb

hard

trou

Bb

Bb7

C7

march - ing
All

the

In this low and

Wait - ing for our

Ebm

F7

thru

the

Pearl

beaut - ies

there

Eb Bb

pen,

go march - ing

Some sweet day we'll

there.

straight,

Bb

Eb

friends.

ble

Then we'll all

state.

and

F+7

with

Heav - en's gates are stand - ing

F7

nar - row

And our trav - els here

wait

C7

to

F7

lit - tle while

Just a

Gm7

Eb Bb

ver,

Eb

Bb

lit - tle while

Soon this life will

Bb

Bb

all

go

Bb

Gate.

to

share.

Bb

sin - ful
en - trance

G7

F7

ver
ver,

Flee As A Bird
A
E B7

Flee as

a bird to your moun-

tain,

He will pro-tect thee for- ev-

er,

A7 C7

to the clear flow-ing foun-

He will for-sake thee oh nev-

Fly

He

D7

for the aven - ger is near

fly-

Thou who art wea- ry of sin.

Wipe ev- 'ry fall- ing

his bos-om willbear

B7

B7

Where you may wash and be clean.

Shel-tered so ten- der- ly there.

A6

B7

thee.

ing,

Spend not the mo- ment in sigh-

ing.

thee,
ing,

B7

E A

Thou who art wea-ry of sin.

Oh

The Sav-

iour will wipe ev-'ry tear, The

B7 E
B7 E

thou who art wea- ry- of sin.

Sav-iour will wipe- ev-'ry tear.

tear.

Call and the Sav- iour will hear

on

thee,

B7

Cease from your sor-row and cry-

er.

Haste then, The hoursare

tain,

B7

B7
E
E

Go

31
Mary S.B. Dana - 1857

B7

I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody

None of My Jelly Roll

32

Clarence Williams & Spencer Williams - 1919

A C

Lit

tle

His sister

G7

Wil ly

Green from New Or

Til ly

Green was real ly mean, and

He

al - ways want ed lots of

leans,

G7

greed y

boy

was he.

ver - y

stin

gy, too.

D7

day his mom

bought him a

When her mom

bought her a

Toot

sie

jel ly

Roll,

When the kids would ask her for a bite,

to

that was made.

hide

she would try.

it

G7

you'd hear Til ly cry:

D7

Toot sie

Roll,

ain't gon na'give no

bod y

none of my

jel ly

roll.

can - dy

none of my

would - n't give you

tle Wil ly said:

lit

bod y

G7

ain't gon na'give no

G7

One

to you.

G D7/A D7(b5)/G

When the kids be gan to hang a round,

A7

thebest

roll,

B C

just to keep him com pan - y.

kids

She al - ways want ed some of what you had but gave she noth-ing

G7

piece of my sweet,not to save your soul!

(Toot sic
(jel

ly

Rol!)

roll)

(save your soul!)

A7

D7

Dad dy told me to

day,

Just be fore he went a

way,

Mom ma told me to

day,

Just be fore she went a

way;

D7

be a

good

If I'd

bring me

toy;

be

good lit

tle

girl,

in curls!

Two Bar Break

And I'm my Dad - dy's

She might

A7

need

If I'd

put

pride

my

hair

D7

in your just hang- in' a-round,

You

G7

(hang- -in'- a- round)

You know there ain't no

and joy!

boy, He'd

G7

33

I know you want it, but I'm- a gon- na'turn you

E7

down.

F
C
A7

My

Toot sic Roll is sweet!

And you know it

can't be beat!

jel ly roll is sweet!

C/G

A7

D7

G7

know you want it, but you can't have it!

Interlude to Second Verse

C
E
D7
G7

Back To "A"

ain't a gon -na' give you none!

D7

G7

Down Among The Sheltering Palms

34

I'm way

down east,

You're way

takes

A7

be

out

west,

out

love

you

so,

six

days

to

And my heart is pin - ing, pin - ing for you,

A7

A7

And my soul is crav - ing, crav - ing for you,

west,

A7

down east,

A9

Just

you

go there with

a train, Just

with

you

gain.

Abe Olman - 1914

long

one

know,

It

week more

D7

to

be,

and I'll

E7

B
G

A7

Down

a-mong the shel- ter-ing palms,

A7

D7

wait

for me;

G

Out

where

A7

down by the

the

sun

goes

is

down

a-

D7

burn- ing, burn- ing, burn- ing,

yearn- ing, yearn- ing, yearn- ing

to

G
E7
A9

Shel- ter- ing Palms,

A9

my love

me

Oh hon- ey

Meet

C
G7

How

35

Oh hon- ey

wait

be

wait for me;

old Gold- en Gate,

D7

bout eight.

E7

How

my heart

Down

D9

for

me.

Oh hon- ey

A - mong

is

the

Washington and Lee Swing

36

T. Allen and M. Sheafe - 1910

q = 240

B
C

D7

A C

C7

G7

G7

G7

A7

37

Joe Avery Blues

A C

1. G7

F7

All Play Everytime

Solos start here

B
C

C7

G7

Joe Avery

2. G7

G7

G7

C
C7

F7

G7

Tag
C

Solos start at "B"

G7

Pretty Baby

38

C7

F7

Egbert Van Alstyne & Gus Kahn - 1916

You ask me why I'm al - ways teas - ing

Pret - ty

Ba - by;

G7

just

ba - by

ba - by

stare,

G7

I real - ly thought that I was pleas - ing

You hate to have me call you

you,

C7

C7

me.

Your

cun - ning lit - tle dim - ples and your

D7

C7

Your ba - by talk and ba - by walk and

for you're

F7

C7
G

you,

to

F

cur - ly

G7

ba - by smile makes life worth - while, You're just as sweet as you can

hair,

be.

C7

Your

Ev' ry

B C7

bod y loves a ba by that's why I'm inlove with you,Pret ty Ba by,

C7

like

Ba

to

be

your

sis

by,

C7

ter, broth er,

Pret ty

Ba

E7

D7

by.

might as well be you,

G7

Pret ty Ba by.

And I'd

and moth - er

too,

F7

Pret

ty

Won't you come and let rne rock you in

And we'll cud dle all the

C7

dad

cra dle of love,

C&

39

G7

my

C7

C7

time.

Oh! I want a lov in' ba by and it

C7

Pret ty

Ba

by

of

mine.

40
Hughie Cannon, 1902

A Em

On

Bill Bailey

sum - mer

one

morn - ing

la - dy

ho - ney of

married a

&O

Em

and

like an

D0

round. And to that

the

sun

was

old

prune - fed

D7

cro

- wd

shin - ing

fine.

The

B7

Em

D0

hung clothes on

the

line

in

her back

B7

ha

that

weep - in'

brake - man

er - in'

Em

rd,

old Bill Bail - ey she

ya

D7

rd.

She

took and throwed her

calf and with

She cried out

Bell -

down.

big

gang

B7

d,

hang - in'

lou

D7

41

B G

Won't

She

D7

I'll

you

come

moans

do

know

'Mem - ber

whole

that

no - thing

but

know

A7

fine

tooth

I'm

to

blame,

well

Bail - ley

won't

you

pay

the

rent.

drove

you

out,

with

E7

Am

comb.

wr - ong

- ng

D7

lo

you

home?

I'll

Cm

A7

come

- y eve that

rain

you

D+

G7

ho - ney,

done

D7

day

cook - ing

I've

won't

the

D0

Bill Bail - ley,

the

home

D7

ain't

that

please

come

home

E7

shame!

Bill

Frankie And Johnnie

42

D7
G

D7

D7

Frank-ie and John- nie were lov- ers.

Frank-ie went down

to the

C
swore to be true

to each

said to the fat

bar-

A7
G

while

"Has my

lov-

boy

go sleep,

will come,

F7

Bb

on

theirwatch

they keep,

Close

your eyes

While

soft - ly

F7

D7

Chi - na

boy

Bb

you too.

go

hum.

Bb

don't peep,

Moon - man loves

you,

A9

She

a- bove.

G GF7F7 E7

Cm

beer.

Winfree/Boutelje - 1922

They

C7

wrong".

in- est man been here?

But he's done me

China Boy

of

as the stars

man,

Bud - dha smiles

ten- der,

true

He was my

Sand - man soon

B Bb

Just as

wrong.

Chi - na

oth- er,

But he done her

man,

A G

A7

He was her

Just for a buck- et

D7

q = 160

G G7

Oh, Lord-y how they could love!

cor- ner,

C7

Traditional

D7

So,

sleep.

Alice Blue Gown

In

E7

my

sweet

A7

both proud

E7

ev - 'ry

world seemed

Em

to

town,

As

win - dow

fash - ion

I'd

to

smile

all

wore

it,

I'll

A7

Gm

lit

- tle

- lice

ev - 'ry

felt

A7

Blue

Gown.

in

And the

round,

al - ways

was

Then in

F7

But

frown,

eye,

by;

E7

B7

I'd primp, pass - ing

B7

A7

A7

when I

A+

A7

wilt - ed

sweet

in

Gown,

down

shop

Blue

Em

A - lice

B7

shy,

of

and

man - ner

Harry Tierney & Joseph McCarthy

1919

Em

lit - tle

wan - dered

first

43

B7

- dore

'Til

it

it,

My

Jazz Baby

44

M.K. Jerome & Blanche Merrill - 1918

A7
A D D

My dad-dy was a rag-time trom-bone play-er,

A7

cab-

a-

ret- er.

They met one day at

E7

syn- co- pa- ted wed-ding

A7

and then came

My mam-my was a rag-time

me.

F7F
B

tan- go

D7

tea,

Folks think

There was a

the way I

G G7 E7 A7

walk is

a fad,

Jazz

But it's a birth-day pres-ent from my mam-my and dad.

D
D
A7

Ba-by,

I want to be jazz- ing all the time.

I'm a

There's some-thing

D E7 A7 A&
A7

in the tone of a sax- o- phone,

thatmakes me do a lit-tle wig-gle all my own.Cause I'm a

C
D7
D
G G

Jazz

Ba-by,

Full of jazz-bo har- mo- ny.

That
"Walk the Dog"and"Ball the Jack"that

D
A7
A&
G E7 D D

caused all the talk,

is

just a cop- y of the way I

nat-'ral- ly walk! 'Cause I'm a

E7

Jazz

Ba- by,

Rocked to

Lit- tle Jazz Ba-

cra- dle went to

B7

E7

kle Toe".

Ev-

and fro,

er

since

me!

To

and

fro

to the

A7

by that's

sleep while the

tune of the "Tic-

A7

45

start- ed

in

to grow,I'd

E7
G
D D

love to hear the mu- sic play- in', See my dear old mam-my sway- in'. Jazz, jazz, jazz,that's

all

All

day

long

nev-

ev-

E7

er knew,

A7

E D

Jazz

I want

Ba- by,

er would

D D A7

Jazz, jazz, jazz,That's all

B7

to do,

Play me

A7

A&

a lit-tle jazz!

'Cause I'm a

after last solo play C to end

D7

get thru.

Full of jazz-bo har- mo-

ny.

That

E7 D D

"Walkthe Dog"and"Ball theJack"thatcaused all the talk,

is just a

cop-y of the way I

at D
A7 A&
D
E7
A7
D Solos
D

nat-'ral- ly walk!'Cause I'm a Jazz

Ba-by,

Lit-tle Jazz Ba- by that's me!

Willie The Weeper

46

A Gm

D7

Gm

Dm

Have you heard the sto ry folks of Will - ie the weep

D7

chim - ney

er

He

sweep

Gm

Cm6

B Gm

light

D7

D7

ha - bit

D7

some - one shout - ed Will - ie

that knocked him

sil - ly.

Cm6

Gm

Right

turned

A7

be

Gm

D7

a - round saw

D7

he

had.

and

Dm

Gm

List - en let me tell you'bout the dream he

At the north pole

D7

Will - ie's oc - cu - pa - tion was a

dream - in'

bad,

Gm

had it

had

er?

Gm

A7

fore

him

in the ze - ro breeze,

cut - ie lit - tle ho - ney in her

B - V - D's

C F7

Bb

bis

it good

cuits

F7

strong

eight - een inch - es

tell

me

what would you do?

Bb

you'd

weep

lock

er

the

F7

Cm

you could have

C7

G7

like

and

cry for

more.

all

door

there's some - thing tells me

now

if

your dreams come true?

G7

want to have

Cm C7

Bb

Bb

long.

ee

Bb

F7

says I want my coff -

and

G7

son

some - one said, hey cut - ie

Cm C7

want

zin',

Bb

Bet - ter list - en to rea -

Cm C7 F7

He walked a - round his feet were free -

47

Bb

that

will - ie

the

The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise

48

Eugene Lockhart & Ernest Seity - 1919

G&

A C

Dear

E7

B C

thrush

And

the

heav-

on

my

wait-

G&

high,

C G A7

heart

ing

for

His

is

F6
call

G&

dew.

sleep - y

rose

with

mate

G7
-

ing

G7

the

'ry

is

Ev

is

world

D7

rise,

sun-

A7

one,

G&

The

E7

is

call-

ing,

you.

The Yama Yama Man

49

Collin Davis & Karl Hoschna - 1908

A C B/D

C/E

G7

G7

Ev

'ry

lit tle tot at night is a fraid of the dark, you know.

Great

big

sca ry eyes you see so you cov er up

B/D

Some

big

But

that

C/E

Ya rna man they see,

up your head,

D7

G7

when

off to bed they go.

Ya ma man is there, stand - ing right be side your bed!

G7
G7
C
C7
B C

Ya- ma, Ya- ma,the

Ya- ma man,

F
C

If

Ter- ri-ble eyes

May-be- he's hid-

D7

a doubt, If

he

A7

you don't wateh out he'll get you with-out-

G7

G7

G7

can!

C7

in' be-hind the chair,

Read - y to spring

C A7 D7

Run to your Ma-

and a long bo-ney hand.

ma cuz' herecomes the Ya-

ma

Ya-

out at you un- a-ware!

G7

ma

man!

G7

Yellow Dog Blues

50

E'er since Miss

A D

D7

be;

Ri - der took.

Ev -'ry cross - tie

Won - der where

Ca - ble grams come of

Mon - ey don't 'xact - ly

A7

Has

e - ven a

G7

ba - you, burg

bog.

South - ern cross

night and

grow on

and

G7

Down where the South - ern

D7

like Old Back

de - lie - ver

cross the

y.
Dog.

in - qui - ry
No

ev - 'ry where that

ru - ral

Dog.

And
Is

cot - ton stalks it growns with ease,

no grand - stand

A7

Te - le - grams go of

trees, On

"Bam"

the

morn.

sym - pa - thy

Let - ters come from down in

race horse, race track

Ea - sy Ri - der's gone?

my

B D

Way down where the

G7

a book, In - deed I know the route that

You can hear her moan - ing

A7

Dis -trict like

G7

Su - san John -son lost her Jock -ey Lee, There has beenmuch ex - cite - ment,
Yel -low Dog

more to

W.C Handy 1914

Un - cle

Sam

an' Buck - shot land.

A7

All day the

Ev - e - ry

C D

phone

kit - chen there

Fill

D G

Ea

far - mers

play.

G7

Blues

Cdim

- sy

Ri - der

C7

struck this burg

Ri - der's

D7

D7

cross the

On a

south bound'ratt - ler

and he was on the

G7

hog.

C7

a - way,

got a stay

so he

He's

Yel - low

C7

far.

D7

ain't

but the hike

to - day,

Seen him here,

Bb7 C Cdim

Ea - sy

G7

side door Pull man car.

D7

Dear Sue your

D7

A7

This
This

D7

from Ten - nes - see.

the live - long
day.

glee,

good ti - dings,

last

Down where the boll wev'l works

At

a - ret,

hearts with
the

mes - sage comes,

Yel - low
Dog

our

While

E7

a cab

is

But it's not for me,

rings

D7

51

Dog.

D7

had to vamp it

gone where the South - ern

D7

Solos at "D"

You've Got To See Your Mamma Ev'ry Night

52

A C

Cdim

Billy Rose & Con Conrad - 1923

Cdim

Dadd - y
Dadd - y

dear
dear

list - en here
when you're near

your mam - ma's feel - in' blue.

well ev' - ry - thing's o - kay

G7

Cdim

I don't see much of you,

but when you stay a - way

Cdim

Ma - ma's cheek
where you
go,

you
share

and that will ne

ver do.
I mope a - round all day.

the door
my love

Cdim

Needs a
kiss or two.
and what makes you gay.

but I must lay

with a - noth - er

D7

down the
tur - tle

Once a week
I must know,

C7 D7

I'm not show

I don't want

law.
dove

in'
to

You've got to

B C

G7

53

see your ma - ma

ev - er -y night

or youcan't see your ma - ma at all

Kiss your ma - ma and treat her right

or she won't be

F7

ev - er - y night

CC

G#

or you can't see your ma - ma at all

G7

Wednes - day night you

G#

Dm7

G#m7 G7

you

did not phone

G7

and Thurs - day night it was the same old stall

did not call

G7

you dodged my path

G#m7G7

G7

Tues - day night

G#

Dm7

sat a - lone.

see your ma - ma

Fri - day night

Now
Now

G7

can'tfif - ty
com - pan - y
well you
fif - ty me you've gotto
kind of man who gives his love on the in - stal - ment plan,

if youwant my
I don't want the

G7

at home when you call

Mon - day night

You've go to

G#

G7

Sat - ur - day

you

G7

took your bath

Sun - day night youcalled on me but you

brought three girls for some com - pan - y you've got to

Down in Honky-Tonk Town

54

Chris Smith & Charles McCarron - 1915

A F

E7

E7

F E7

near-ly ev'- ry place in

A7

nov- el- ty,

town.

E7

straight from Mose,

F E7

go and do

the thing up

E7

there is this place I hear,

E7

It's Hon- ky Ton-

E7(b5)

are brown. That's where the

mu-

sic

A7
grows.

brown!"

who brings the clothes.

down where the gals

A7 B A7

We both will

E7

some oth-er

If you sug- gest to me,

His sweet-tie said,"My Dear,

"We've been to

A7

B F

To his E - li- za May,

Bill John-son said one day,

E7

I got it

ky Town,

C D

Come, Hon- ey,

E7

let's go

down

E7

There'l! be

sing- ing

danc - cin'

to

pi-

a-

no

D
D

He plays pi-

E7

stay a year,

A7

danc-ing with a

wait- ers,

a-no queer,

to Hon- ky

it's un- der- neath the ground,

A7

where

all

sing- ing

Ton-ky Town,

Mis-

fun is found.

co-

played by

syn-

the

55

pa- ters,

A7

ter

Brown.

don- key,

E7

He on- ly plays by ear,

A7

A7

Down in Hon - key Ton - ky

Town.

E7

The mu- sic that you hear, would ev- en start a

You want to

mon- key,

Down in Jungle Town

56

Edward Madden and

Theodore Morse - 1908

Verse
A Am

in Jun - gle

Down

B7

E7

Soon

wagged his

be - neath the

noo - dle,

he

was

room for two

came out to

Mon - key Doo - dle

She felt flat - tered

King,

Big Bam - boo

thing

Jun - gle

with - out

moon;

when he chat - teredYou're a pret - ty

shy bab - oon

spoon

the moon shines down

G9

frown;

Town,

So prom - ise you'll

be

G7

true!"

Chorus
B

D7

is com - ing

moon

G7

jun - gle

in

ade,

To

When

Dm7

pret - ty

mon - key

mon - key doo - dle - doo way Down In

D7

G7

Jun

ser - en -

C C

G7

maid,

in

the

I'll

be

true

up

Sings that mel - o - dy.

hon - ey -

that chim - pan - zee

E7

Then you'll hear

D7

soon.

C C

G7

town,

Down

G7

57

gle

Town.

G7

tree,

to

my

My Daddy Rocks Me

58

J. Berni Barbour - 1922

q = 100

Gm

Cm

I've got

Bb

He makes

me

hap

a great big

on his

knee,while

Sweet - ie,

D7

C7

got

Gm

A7

Gm

he rocks

Bb

chair,

and

Dm/Bb

C7

he's al - ways gay. I've

A7/E

to a

ev - 'ry night you'll find us

me

Dm/A

I'm glad to say

rock - ing

so sweet to me.

py.

Gm/c

no one could be

Dm

Eb6

rock - y

Cm/Eb

mel - o - dy.

there.

I'm

Gm/D

My ba -by

59

B Gm Gm/F Gm/Eb

Gm

with one stead - y

rocks me

Eb7

D7

with all his heart and soul.

Gm

Cm

D7 Gm/c

Gm

Gm Gm7/F

My ba - by rocks me

roll.

Gm/D

Cm

D7 Gm

We'll al - ways spoon while the

Wrap'd in

a blank

et

of

Most ev' - ry eve - ning at

Talk

Am7

D7

Gm

Gm7/F E Cm/Eb

D7

Am7/E D7/F Gm Gm/F

He hates to

lights are low.

leaveme when it's time to

go.

love and charns,

I'm sit - ting pret

ty when I'm in his arms.

half - past nine,

We get to - geth

er and theworld is

birch can - oes,

Gm/Eb

D7

You need a

with one stead - y

a - bout row - boats and

Gm

roll.

Myba - by rocks

me

mine.

chair to rock a - way your blues.

D7

Gm

roll.

D7

Gm

There'll Be Some Changes Made

60

Higgins/Overstreet - 1921

A C

D7

nev - er

D7

G7

for the

new,

ButI've found outthat this will

E7

do.

They say don't change the old

D7

G7

When you grow old

you

don't last

G7 G&

You're jere to - day and then to - mor - row you're gone.

years gone

D7

He

on

I'm

G7

C7

made some chang - es

I loved a man for ma - ny

C&

I thought his love for me would nev - er

by,

go - in'g

D13

to

that would

D7

make

G7

some

long;

D7

B7

nev - er

F6

changes

do,

E9

die.

E7

from now

G7

too. For

there's

61

B A7

change

in

the

weath

er there's

change

in

the

D7

a change in

D7

and my name,

Noth in' a bout me is goin' to

G7

A7

change my way of liv- in', if that ain't e- nough,

D7

strut my stuff,

D7

E7

'cause

G7

sea,

My walk will be dif 'rent, my

me,

A7

be the

A7

same, I'm goin' to

D7

Then I'll change the way that I

you when you're old and gray,

D7

There'll Be Some Chan-ges Made to- day,

talk

A7

no- bod- y wants

E7

so from now on there'll be

G7

There'll Be Some Chan-ges Made.

62

Creole Belles

A C

D7

A7

D7
G7

1.

A7

D7

E7

G7

D#7

F7

D7

G7

G7



D7

D7

1900

G7

C
C

A7
D.

2.

D7
G7

63
Interlude

G7

Belle
shine

ba
dar

G7

My Cre - ole
When stars

my dar - lin' ba - by

my Cre - ole Belle.

by
lin'

I'll call her mine,

I love her
I'll call her

my
my

DC
D7

my Cre - ole Belle

My cre - ole belle

When stars shine

NC

My lit - tle dar - lin'

G7

G7

C7

I love her well

G7

my dar - lin'
my lit - tle

well
mine,

Cre - ole
Cre - ole

Belle.
Belle.

G7

A7
D.

D7

C
G7

D7
G7

Solos at "C"; Out Chorus use Melody from "A."

G7

64

q = 182

Skeleton Jangle
Bb

F7

Nick LaRocca - 1918

F7

F7

Bass

A Bb

G7

F7

Cm

Bb

F7

C7

B D7

F7

Bb

F7

C7

F7

Bb7

Eb G7

C7

F7

F7

D7

G7

C7

Cm

G7

Bb

Bb

G7

F7

Bb

Break

C D7

G7

C7

65

F7

Bb

D7

Unison for 2 bars

C7

G7

F7

Bb

D7

Unison 2 Bars

G7

C7

F7

Bb

F7/C

D7

G7

F7

Bb

F7

C7

Bb

F7

Bb

66

Kassel and Berton - 1922

Sobbin' Blues

q = 164

D+

D+

D+

D+

mf

pp

mf

AG

G7

mf

Cm G

E7

Dm6

C7

pp

A7

D7

Rhythm sec. plays straight 8ths as written, horns harmonize meoldy - 8 bars

B G

D7

Swing

D7

C7 B7 Bb7

A7

D7

G7

67
Rhythm sec. plays straight 8ths as written, horns harmonize meoldy - 8 bars

D7

C G

D7

C7 B7 Bb7 A7

D+

Swing

D7

D+

Repeat only for Solos

G7

D+

D+

mf

pp

mf

C7

pp

D7

C7

C7

C7

D7

C7

D7

Solos on "B" & "C" Section:

After last solo play to bottom.

Hesitating Blues

68

W.C. Handy - 1915

A G

Hel - lo
Cen - tral what's the mat - terwith this line?
Sun - day night my beau pro posed
to
me.
If I
was whis - key, and you were a cup I`d

G/D

D#

Em

High Brown
mine. Tell me how
wif - ie I'd be
Said he, "How
nev - er come up,
Oh, How

long
long
long

D7

will
will
do

A7

I want to
talk
Said she'd be
hap
dive to thebot - tom

I have
I have
I have

D7

G C7

What you say can't

I
de - clined him
I
had wo - man,

talk to my Brown?
just for a
stall,
She
was tall.

G/D D#

Em

wires all down. Tell me how long

Can - non Ball. Hon - ey how long
par - a - sol.
Oh,How long

G7

A storm
He left
She
make

will
will
do

Why do you hes - i - tate?

Why do you hes - i - tate?
i - tate?
do I have to hes

to wait?
to wait?
to wait?

Please give me 2 - 9 - 8
Come be my wife my Kate,
Can I
get it now, or

to that
py if his
and

I have to wait?
I have to wait?
I have to wait?

last night
that night
me think

blowed the
on the
'bout my

Oh,won't you
Will he
Can I

D7

tell me now,
come back now,
get it now,

C C

na - tion is

A7

D7

G7

put

off,

I'd

be his,

left

me

Pro - cras - ti -

C7

So all the wise owls say,

"one stitch in time

To - mor - row's not to - day.

Some - bod - y's bound to

He'd be mine,

togrieve and pine,

G7

And if you

G7

the thief of time,

may save nine",

C7

Why do you hes i - tate?

or will he hes - i - tate?
do I have to hes i - tate?

C7

My best friend's gone a

The Hes - i - ta - ting

And I'd be feel - ing gay.

G7

lose.

69

Blues.

C7

F7

a - lone

Left

way,

He's gone and

Grizzly Bear Rag

70

E7

A7

George Botsford - 1910

D7

Bass

AG

D7

E7

A7

D7

Break

D7

A7

D7

D7

E7

D7

D7

CG

D7

D7

E7

A7

D7

71

Fine
G

D7

E7

A7

D7

D C

C7

A7

G G7

D7

G7

G7

D7

Break

D7

A7

1.

C7

A7

Stop time as Marked

G7

2.

Break

Back to "B" - Play to Fine

He May Be Your Man

72

(But He Comes To See Me Sometimes)

Lemuel Fowler - 1922

G7

C7

A F

C7

Bb7

C7

Miss
Miss

F7

Bb

Min - nie Lee
from Ten - nes - see
was known to be
Lu - dy Green was some l'il queen, and jeal - ous as

D7

G7

an - y - where
out at night

C7

had
a
beau
Moon - shine Hall,

C7

she loved him night

where ev - 'ry - bod-

G7

but Min - nie on Min - nie said "I

ly sighed,
will tell

then
you

I
now

she
at

Un - til Min - nie

Was Miss Min - nie,

shook a shim - my and stole his heart a - way.

drink - in'plen - ty and hug - gin' Lu - dy's beau.

C7

Snow,
ball,

day.
go,

C7

G7

and
y'd

Now Sa - die
Down at the

F7

An - y - time and
When her man went

She would al - ways strut her

stuff.
They would al - ways dis - a - gree.

quiterough.
could be.

C7

C7

Poor Sa - die near - ly dies,

Lu - dy was mad as well,

heard her
so you'll

C7

say:
know"

He

G7

may

C7

Bb7

C7

A7

vam - pire

thatis

al - ways got me on

ture,

But

his mind.

G7

C7

A7

gon - na take him for my

may

man from you.

C7

F7

own,

my own.

I
I'm

just
just

want,
right

G7

I love you man and I'm

D7

I don't mean,
Ain't no need

to
to

C7

be your man but he comes to see me

Bb

no need of cry - in'and it's no use to weep and mourn.

I can cert' nly take you

My wick - ed walk,I've got the kind of eyes that seem to talk, It's

C F

but
'cause

My wick - ed smile,

Bb7

C7

G7

Dm

ain't no

And when he's with you he's

F7

some - times.

be your man but he comes to see me

Bb

73

to be so bold,
of get - tin' rough,

get
do

you
my

told,
stuff

some - times.

Bb7

C+

He

C7

Satanic Blues

74

C7

Fm

A C

Gdim

Dm7

C7

Em

G9

D7

G7

C
F
F

A
D7

1.

G7

C
F

2.

G7

75

C F

D7

G7

G7

A7

D7

C7

D7

G7

G7

Bb

Fdim

Cm D7

G7

C7

F F G

Back to "A"

Dangerous Blues

76

1921

A G

Ta

de da da de dum

D7

ta

de

G G6G& G

I've got those dang -'rous

Oh,

D7

soft and

E7

sweet

so sweet and pret - ty

blues,

E7

G6G&

Lord

E7

just what it means.

Can't you hear the mu - sic play - ing

blues.

D/A

me and see just

D7

I mean those dang -'rous

look at

means,

de da da de dum

G G7 G F7

D7

take a

de dum me

da da de dum

da

Ta

da

it seems.

D7

what that ta

mel - o - dy is in the air,you

ta

de da da de dum

hear them play it ev -'ry - where you go

D/A

It's the kind that makes you wan - na shake your feet.

A7

D7/A

D7/CD7

I think I'm slip - pin'

I know I'm slip - pin'

ta da da, ta da da,

ta da de dum.

77

C G G6G& G

D7

just hear those wear - y

Oh,

the kind I'd hate to

A D

ev - en sleep a wink,

D7

Oh,

B7

so we - ary ho - ney,

blues,

lose, those

dang - er - ous blues.

G6G&

They're

A D

I can't ev - en think, can't

A A7

Ev' ry time I hear those dang' rous blues I want to sink,

I've got those dang' rous

blues.

G C7 G

Tishomingo Blues

78

q = 132

Bb

F7

Bb

you in sad-ness
train that takes me,

F7

Oh Mis - si - sip - pi,

To - night I'm say in'

I want to be where,
To Tish - o - min - go

F7

Down where
the
Where South - ern

moon swings
al - ways

Bb

low,
gay,

That's
That's

Bb7

goin'to Tish - o - min - go

C7

where
why

I
you

want to
hear me

Eb

be - cause I'm sad to

Bb

the win - try winds don't

way down old Dix - ie

My heart cries out for

Oh Lord please bless the

Ebm

Bb

Bb7

Eb

C7

F7

Oh Mis - si - sip - pi,

To - night I'm Pray - in'

Spencer Williams - 1917

blow.
way,

South - ern
folks
are

F7

go.
say,

I'm
I'm

Bb

Bb7

day.

Eb7

F7

I wish to lin - ger,

Oh my wea - ry heart cries out in pain,

F7

with a race,

in a

place,

Eb

Bb

Bb7

down in Mis - si - sip - pi,

Eb

Bb

sist

D7

F7

lin - ger,

how I wish that I was back a - gain,

F7

A - mong the cy - press

Bb

Bb7

trees.

D7

I just can't re - fuse

C7

F7

Where they play the wea - ry

To re -

dies.

F7

Way

with their stange mel-o -

temp - ta - tion,

I wish to

Bb

Gm

way.

where they make you wel - come all the time.

They get youdip - py,

Oh

Opt. Break on Solos

C7
F7

C7

way down old Dix - ie

F7

Bb

79

Bb

In Tish - o - min - go

Bb

blues.

Memphis Blues

80

W.C Handy - 1912

F F7 B7 B6
G7
C7
C7

A C7

C7

C7

D7

G7

F7

E7 E7

C7

G7

C7

B7

B B

F7

E7

B
F7

C7
F7

B B7 E7 E B

Midnight in Moscow

q = 160

Dm

Gm

A

F

Dm

A7

Dm

A7

Em7 A7

Dm

A7

Dm

Em7 A7

Dm

Stop time- first beat of bar only

B Dm

Gm6 3

Dm

A7

C7

Dm

Dm

Dm

Dm

Bb

Gm

Gm

Dm

81

Bb

Gm

Dm

Gm

Dm

Time

A7

Dm

A7

Dm

Gm

Dm

A7

Dm

Em7 A7

Dm

The Storyville Blues

82

Trad.

Bb

q = 132

F7

A Bb

Bb Bb7 Eb Ebm Bb

Bb7

Eb

Bb

F7

C7

F7

Eb

Bb

Eb

G7

Bb

Bb7

Eb

F7

F7

Bb

F7

F7

Bb

C7

Bb

Ebm

Bb7

C7

Bb

Bb

Bb

Bb

F7

Bb7

Eb

Ebm

Bb Bb7 Eb Ebm Bb

F7

83

Time

C Bb

Bb7

Eb

DBm

Bb

Drum Roll - Piano Roll - Sustained Bass

C7

F7

Bb

F7

Bb

Bb

F7

Bb

rit.

Eb

Ebm

Back to "B" for Solos

Tag

Bb

Eb

Bb Bb7 Eb Ebm Bb

Bb7

G7

Bb Bb7 Eb Ebm

Bb

Strut Miss Lizzie

84

Turner Layton & Henry Creamer - 1921

A Am

E7

Dm

G7

Fm

Get bu - sy

Fm

move so pret - ty,

Am

E7

Am

men

you

meet

D7

It's a pi - ty,

G7

Strut Miss Liz - zie

Dm

like the

Am

A7

Am

Fm

G7

Brown.(I'll bet you've got the cut - est

C7

talk.

When you

E7

frown.

But the

Oh,you knock'em diz - zy,

Vocal to "C"

for the

The oth - er girl - ies

walk,

Is the whole town

way you shake your feet,

C7

E7

C7

Won't you

the way you syn - co - pate

F7

I want to see you

G7

G+

folks all state

Am

strut Miss Liz - zie

E7

Am

D7

D7

Am

lit - tle strut in town!) Go

C
C C

By the

school,

D7

85

G7

down the

street,

stuff,

use your "Kerch",

Strut your

al - ley,

C7/Bb

Dodge the

F/A

Trot your toot - sies

Cool your dogs we're com - in'

thru,

Get

D7 G7 C

by the church.

D7

G7

Shake Miss Sal - ly's

cans,

Ab7

A7

Thru the

step - pin' fool.

Pat your feet you

set for Len - ox

D7

pots and

G7

pans.

C C7

Av - en - ue.

Won't you

Back to "B: for Solos

Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do

86

Porter Grainger & Everett Robbins - 1922

A C

E7 A

There ain't noth- in'

Aft- er

E7

of

cize

me

But I'm gon- na'

their

talk-

in'.

Of- ten times the

D7

And don't care

If

If

E7

should take
dis-

'Tain't No- bod-y's

like

Re- gard- less

A7 A7

way,

That folks don't

do just as you please,

A7

an- y-

say,

get down on their knees,

is

can

B C C

do

A7

A7

want to

can do, nor noth- in'

way to

all, the

crit-

E7

do

just

G7

de- spise

me.

And beg your par- don for theirsquawk-

C7 F F

a no-tion

To jump in

my lov -er

Biz-ness

And leave him

G&7

If

in'.

G7

ones that talk will

A7

if they all

as

E7

Do.

A7

G&7

the o- cean,

to

for an -oth-

Rath- er
If

I go

er,

than
to

87

E7

per-

on

C C C

If

should get

got

that

you

Then

cab-

a-

ret

if

And

no mon- ey

G&7

If

E7 A7

Mon- day,

C/E

right

my

last

nick- el

And

it

leaves

G7

Biz-ness

G&7

If

Do.

in-

to

me

in

Do.

C7

the ceil- in',

on

G&7

me

'Tain't No- bod -y's

on

say "Take all mine, Hon -ey",

D7

Drive

would shoot me,

To dance up-

pan- ion

do.

com-

D7

best

choose

the feel- in'

Biz-ness

F
A C7 F

G7

'Tain't No- bod-y's

E7

biz - ness

E7

G&7

If my friend ain't

C7

G7

Sun -day,

Tain't no - bod - y's

se- cute me,

church

If

let

my

If

give

him

the can -yon,

a

pick -le,

D7

G&7

T'aint Nothin Else But Jazz

88

B7

A F

I'm blue,

F
B7

Thru and thru,

Maceo Pinkard - 1921

G7
C&7
B7
D7

'Cause they're gon-

na take jazz a- way.

A7
F F
B
C G7 C

On my knees,

I'm ask-ing you please,

C7

Can't you see

Just to pay at- ten-tion to me while I say:

it's wrong to con-demn

a song. Jazz has sim-ply got to

High-brow mu-sic real-ly

C7

In

F/C

C&7

G7

sure- ly

is

'Tain't noth- in'else but

Now!

an

op-'ra house it can't be beat.

C7/G
G7
C&7

'Tain't noth- in'else but

jazz,

Babe!

B B

Ev-'ry lit-tle move-ment

has

just a

F G

Lit- tle bit of tod- dlin'. Waltz-in'-round is might-y

de- vine.

C7

stay,

F C&7

G F/A

Gli-din'

In

F7

so- ci- e- ty of style and grace,

lit- tle bit of wob- blin',

F/A

G7

is a treat,

But what makes you wan-na shake yo' feet?

E7 C7 C&7

Still what makes you shiv- er

F D7
G7

jazz,

Babe!

D7

an- y

C7

'Tain't noth- in'else but

fine,

time?

jazz.

89

Maitland
Same Melody as "Take My Hand, Precious Lord"

Bb

Bb

Bb

Bb7

Eb

F7

Bb

Eb

F7

Bb

Bb7

Eb Ebm Bb

Alcoholic Blues

90

Albert Von Tilzer 1919

Cm

A G

G7

D7

B G

D7

C G

Pro - hi - bi - tion,

Am

I'mso thirs - ty

Vamp

Eb7 D7

D7

pro - a - bi - tion

that's the name,

A7

A7

D7

drives me in - sane.

D7

soon I'll die,

I'm sim - ply gon - na'vap - o - rate or just run dry.

When

D7

Mis - ter Hoo - ver saidto cutmy din - ner down,

A7

A7

cut

my

but

D G

now they've cut

blues,

I've got the Blues,

blues,

I've got the

did - n't hes-i - tate I

Cm

my heart to cheer,

D7

in - side

I've got the

cut

my

coal,

my

soul.

I've

got

al - co - hol - ic

the

G7

blues.

There's

since they am - pu - ta - ted

Blues,

Bars are closed and night clubs too,

D7

did - n't frown.

no more beer

deep

sug - ar

D7

91

booze.

good - bye whis - key

used to make me fris - ky.

lord - y lord - y

what

to

Eb7 D7

do,
Solos at "D"

So long hi - ball,

good - bye gin,

tell me when you're com - in'

back a - gain.

So long hi - ball,

good - bye gin,

tell me when you're com - in'

back a - gain.

Alexander's Ragtime Band

92

Irving Berlin, 1911

VERSE
A D

D7

Oh, ma hon - ey,

Oh,ma hon - ey,

Oh, ma hon - ey,

Oh, ma hon - ey,

A7

There's a fid - dle with notes that screech - es,

E7

Ain't you go - in'

Like a chick - en,

Like a chick - en,

rag - ged me - terman?

the clar i - net

And

the lead - er man,

To

A7

col - ored pet,

is a

A7

Bet - ter hur - ry and let's me - an - der,

Ain't you go - in',

Oh, ma hon - ey,

Oh,ma hon - ey,

Let me take you to Al - ex - an - der's

Come and lis - ten,

Come and lis - ten,

To a class - i - cal band what's peach - es,

D7

D0

grand - stand,

brass

band,

come

some - how,

now,

Ain't

A7

youcom - in'a - long?

Bet - ter hur - ry a - long.

D7

Come on and

B G

hear,

hear,

Come on and

Come on and hear!

ne - ver heard be fore.

A7

D7

take you by

band.

It'sthe best band in

hear,

der's Rag time Band.

the

land. Theycanplay a bu gle calllikeyou

Up to theman.

G7

hear,

the

Let me

Who'sthelea - der of the

And if youcare to hear the Swa nee Ri - verplayed in

Up to the man!

just

long.

Come on a

G7

war. That's

ho ney lamb.Come on a long.

Come on and

So na - tur - al that youwant to go to

the hand.

Come on and

Al ex an
-

best - est band what am,

hear,

D7

93

D7

Al - ex an der's Rag - time

Gdim

rag time. Come on and

Band,

94

Riverside Blues
Thomas A. Dorsey & Richard M. Jones

A7

A F

A7

D G

C&7

F B7
F
B7

break
F 2 bar unison

B 1.F
F F7 F

C&7

C7

2. F

C7

3 everybody plays this figure behind clarinet lead

G7

C7

B
C7
F
A7
F

C7

G7

C7

2 bar clarinet break

F7

F B

C7

B
F

F7 B

C F

G7

Play 2 bar unison on out-chorus

F F7 F B
C7

Solos at "C"

My Bucket's Got a Hole In It

q = 174

G7

C7

D7

D7

G7

C7

95

G7

CHORUS
Yeah! My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Yeah! My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Yeah! My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
I can't buy no beer.
Well I'm standin' on a corner - With a bucket in my hand
I'm waitin' for a woman - That ain't got no man.
CHORUS
Well, I went upon the mountain - I looked down in the sea
I seen the crabs and the fishes - Doin' the be-bop- bee.
CHORUS
Well, there ain't no use - of me workin' so hard
When I got a woman - in the boss man's yard.
CHORUS
Well, me and my baby - we just bought a Ford
And now we sit together - on the running board.
CHORUS

I Can't Let 'Em Suffer

96

Henry Creamer & Turner Layton - 1918

love

to

see

the

C7

C7

fel - lows

see them smile.

love

to

It's cru- el,

C&

hap- py

all

Love to

G7

the

while.

C7/G

That shows they're jol- ly and ev-

G7

see

the

C7

fel - lows

So

cru- el,

C&

hap- py

all

E7

To

let them

the

C/G

plead.

'ry- thing.

while.

C7

Oh, I

97

C7

can't let 'em suf-fer

plead.

for the want of

C7

cry:

No I shan't let'em suf-fer

for the want of love,

in my lov - in' arms,

F7

just got to make'em

I'll

be my tur-tle dove,

A/C

pro- vide,

G7

can't let 'em suf- fer,

C7

But when they

G/D E7 C7/E

I'm bound

to

fall.

Then I've

F
C7
F

C E

When I know just what they

I just can't save them all!

"Oh, Come and kiss me, Sweet- ie",

just got to take'em

It's a shame to let 'em

F7 F7 B

C7

love.

C7

F
C7

need. Now there's no use tryin'to stall,

G7

Un-

C7

C7/B

Got to keep'em out of harm.

til they're

For the want of

love!

sat- is-

Then I've

B D7/A

My hon-ey love.

F/A

Lov- in' kiss-es

D7

fied.

'Cause I

98

Oh By Jingo

q = 180

AG

D+7

D+7

Oh, by Gee! by Gosh, by Gum By

A7

D+7

Oh, by Jin - go said, by Gosh, by

B7 Cm B7/D#

me."

Juv, by Jin - go,

So they

You will be

We'll have a lot of lit - tle Oh! by Gol - lies,

E7

D7

D+7

Adim

hut.

A7

BG

A7

Oh! by Jin - go, won't you hear our

Juv,

We will build for you

Adim

love?

A7

D7

Albert von Tizler

1919

Then we'll put them

G7

our fav'rite nut,

in the Fol

lies,

"By Jim - in - y, Please don't both - er

Gee.

Em

all went a - way sing - ing Oh! By Gee, By Gosh by Gum, by

G#dim

By Gee,you're the

D7/A

D7

on - ly

girl for

me.

C7

99

Down By The Riverside

q = 180

AG

Gon - na

lay down

D7

my sword and shield

D7

D7

by

the

down

B

stu - dy

my

D7

war no

D7

stu - dy

that war

D7

ain't

stu

dy

sword and shield

riv

er

riv - er

the

side.

more I ain't gon - na

gon - na

D7

war

stu - dy

war no

stu - dy

no

more

I ain't gon - na

ain't gon - na stu - dy war no

more

side

gon - na

Ain't

no

Gon - na

down by

side.

D7

the riv - er

Down by

lay down

the riv - er side,

the riv - er - side,

down by

down by

war

no

more.

more

more

you know

I'll

Wabash Blues

100

q = 120

Near - ly

D7

bro - ken heart - ed since the

G7

bask

home,

Wa

Am

Am

D7

place that's hard to beat but then I longed

to

Now

ev

- 'ry

C7

had

G7

roam,

girl was

day I'm so lone

some it's

E7

In - di - an - na's sweet and it's

I now can see,

once start - ed from my

C7

day that

My old home - stead

G#7

as

sweet as could be,

G7

mis

er

y.

Solos

at B

B C7

C7

F Am Bb B

those Wa - bash Blues

Oh,

G#dim F7

Bb

C7

lone

C7

I,

C7

that I could die.

C7

Can

C7

Haunts

me

in my

shoes

To

C7

G#dim F7

Bb

feel

my walk - in'

I'll pack

those Wa - bash

Am

dues.

F AmBb B

dle light that gleams.

lose

C7

C7

dreams,

C7

I got my

some soul am

know

C7

C7

Bb

C7

101

Blues.

G#

Eb7

Thru the syc - a - more the can - dle light is shin - ing bright, Mem -'ry brings the scent of new - mown

G#

Eb7

I'll

be

leav - ing

am start - ing for that spot no

D7

hay to me each night,

D7

C7

hoof - prints t'ward the

need to ask me when,

old home road

a - gain.

Back to B

102

Lasses Candy
Nick LaRocca - 1919

F7

B

A B

F7

B B

G7

C7

F7

C
C C

G7

C7

F7

F7

C C

F7
F7

G7

C7

A7 A7

F7

Poor Butterfly
q = 120

Golden/Hubbel - 1916

Bb F7 Cm7 A F9

Poor But - ter

- fly

D+7

C7

D+7

come

know that he

be

G7

The

in - to

me

by

D7

and

Then I nev - er

F9

Poor

years,

And

But - ter -

ful,

by.

But

Bb

fly.

he

if

Cdim

sigh or

I'm sure

she

F7 Cm7

Bb

G9

Bb

as

The moon and

Bb

low,

Bbmaj7

mo - ments

Gm

F9

faith

Poor But - ter -

so.

mur - murs

he don't come back

die.

him

Ebm6

She

to

Cm7

The hours pass

B F9

Bb

Bb

smiles thru her tears,

in - to hours,

G9

F8

Bbmaj7

'neath the blos - soms wait - ing

for she loved

C7

pass

fly

103

cry,

just must

King Chanticleer

104

Nat D Ayer & Seymour Brown, 1910

Bb7/Ab

C+

D/A

E7

E7

Bb7/Ab

D/A

E7

D/C

E75

D/B

A7

A7

Bb

A7

E7

E7

C+

D/A

Bb

Play cues 1x for Repeat:

E7

D/B

A7

E7

D/C

D/A

105

D G

Bb

E7

E75

A7

G7

G7

C7

C7

G7

C7

C7

G7

CHORUS:

F F

Trombone Solo - 16 Bars

C7

F7

Bb7

Solos at "E":

Wild Cherries Rag

106

Ted Snyder - 1909

A
E
D F7 B F G B7

A7

B F

A7

D D

B7

F7

A7
B7 E
B7 E

D A7 D B7 E

B7

A7

@C

D/F
E
E7
G

D7 G D7

E7 D7

B7

B7

D
G

E E7

D/F

B7

D7

A7

E7

E7(b5)

E7

B7

D7

D7

D7

107

Bass Solo - Stop Time

D7

A7

D7

A7

D7

D.S Back to "C" al Coda

Coda

108

Ory's Creole Trombone

Edward "Kid" Ory - 1921

Trombone solo

D7

D7
A7

A7

B

D7

E7

A7

A7

D7

D7

D7

E7

E7

D7

A7

G D7 G

D7

A7

2. G

D7

1.

109

D7

C C

D7

D7

Solos

D7
C

G7

TAG Trombone

Trombone Solo

Trombone solo

G7

G7

D E7

G7

D7

G7

G7

C
D7

G7

After last solo play "D" to end and then tag

G7

D7

Ja Da

110

Bob Carlton - 1918

q = 132

F7 F7

Ja - da

F7 F7

Ja - da

E7

A7

D7

Ja - da

Ja - da Ja - da Jing, Jing

E7

A7

Ja - da

Ja - da Ja - da Jing, Jing,

D7

That's a fun - ny lit - tle bit of

D7

Jing,

mel - o - dy,

F7 F7 E7

peal - ling to me,

Oh

It goes Ja - da

E7

yeah!

A7

Ja - da

D7

Ja - da

Ja - da Jing, Jing,

Jing.

Jing.

It's

so sooth - ing and ap -

A7

D7

Ja - da Ja - da Jing, Jing,

Jing!

111

That Da Da Strain

Smith and Medina - 1922

q = 152

E7

A Am

E7

Am

D7

G7

B C

E7

A7

D7

G7

D7

E7

G7
Dm7

A7

F7

Solos on B

Lazy Daddy

112

A C

C7

C7

C7

ODJB, 1918

D7

A7

G7

G7

C/G

D7

D7

D7

G7

G7

Clarinet Break - 2 Bars:

Clarinet Break - 2 Bars

A7

G7

D7

G7/D

G7

C C

A7

D7

G7

C7

fine

C7

Trombone Break

E F

Fm6

D F

G7

Clarinet Break - 2 Bars

Clarinet Break - 2 Bars

113

Trombone Break

C7

Trombone Break

G7

C7

F/C

D+

G7

Bb

Trombone Break

C7

G7

Back to "B" al fine

114

Limehouse Blues

q = 184

AG

Bm

Oh

F7

Bm

I'm

wear

Right here in

Bm

F7

'Cause no one seems to

B7

Queer

sob

sound,

Oh, Hon - ey lamb they seem to say:

Sad,

mad

blues,

For all the while they seem to say:

D7

day,

land,

un - der - stand.

Like a
Nev - er

they
Those

play,

seem all a - round,

weird Chi - na blues,

And
And

Bm

Where you can hear those blues all

to

or - ange blos - som

Where yel - low Chin - kies love

Dear,

Lime - house,

G7

Dear

Lime - house

In

In
Oh

Em

Eb

long, long sigh.

go
a - way.

Cm7 F7 Bb7

115

C Eb7

Oh! Lime - house

kid

C7

Go - ing the way

D7

That

Gm7

D Eb7

Oh! Lime - house

C7

Oh!

Oh! Lime - house

kid.

Bb

Poor bro - ken blos - som

F7

blues

G7

tears for your crown,

I've

the

real Lime - house

Cm

those sad Chin - a blues,

D7 C7

blues,

Bb

G7

Rings on your fin -

Cm7(b5)

F7

That is the sto

- ry

of

Oh! Oh!

Eb7

Bb

old

and

Bb7

D7 C7

Haunt - ing and taunt - ing you'rejust kind o' wild.

Learned from the chink - ies

Cm

Oh!

the rest of them did

no - bod - y's child,

C7

Eb7

gers and

Ab9 for repeat

Chin - a

town.

116

Livery Stable Blues (Vocal)

A F F

Way down in

Al-

a- bam,

It was

F7

sta- ble brush

G7

he

play,

C7

on one string,

Bir- ming- ham,

There was

C7

in

C&7

la- zy color-ed- fel-low named Lee,-

G7

In-stead of work-ing all day,

to

the

up- on the

D7

hor- ses he'd sing,

this sad and lone-some- mel- o-

dy,

B7

and play up-

B F

Oh hon - ey lis - ten here

Oh hon-ey,-lis-ten- here,

F7

sta- ble

blues.

hon- ey you know why

I was - n't born for

G7

I have got those blues,

C7

I've got those liv- 'ry

sta- ble

B7

ba- by

Oh, law-dy- me,

Al- a- bam- a

ba- by,

she'll drive a-way

C7

this,

mine,

I've lost my pep com- plete,

F
A

blues.

C7 C7
F
F7
BB F

C F7

Oh how I miss your kiss,

I've got those mean old liv-'ry

D7

117

I'se g'wine back to my

D7

she prom - ised that she'd mar-ry-

C7
C7

C7

me some- day,

Those liv -'ry sta - ble blues they're the blu - est kinfd of blues!

Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go?

118

A G

Young/Lewis/ Meyer - 1916

Verse

G D7

Thous - ands of years

south - ern

D7

E7

Rob - in - son

shore,

no rent

to

pay

Cru

and

D7

His good man Fri - day was his

on - ly

lend,

E7

day, but

They built

Sat - ur - day

night

tle

hut,

D7

it

they didn -'t

A7

day,

was

o - bey,

E7

lit

on fine

friend,

to

G7

soe land - ed

wife

no

- land on a

A7

out on an is

D7

more,

A7

a - go or may - be

shut.

bor - row or

lived there 'til

Fri -

And

C G

Where did

- in - son

Rob

Cru - soe

Sun - day

morn - ing they'd come

D E7

men

A7

With

men,

On

Sat

did

D7

ur - day

Rob

night?

this

so Where

A7

Fri - day on

roam,

home.

A7

must be wild wom

stag - ger - ing

D7

night?

can - ni - bal trim - min' andwhere there are wild

D7

in

to

A7

is - land lived wild

would start in

ur day

they

With Fri - day on Sat -

go

Sat - ur - day night

A7

Then on

A7

D7

Ev -'ry

E7

119

in - son

men there

E7

Cru -soe

go

Solos at "B"

120

Oh, Didn't He Ramble

Traditional

A C

C G7 C G7

C
C
G7
To Dixieland 2-beat swing feel

Drums
C

B C

in

the

girls came run- ning

ram -

by

said:

ble, Didn't he

G7

All

a- round the

ble?

mar- ket,

G7

Well his

head was

town.

ram-

Didn't he

his

feet were

G7

in

"Look at that mar- ket

ble?

ram-

street.

All

the

G7

He ram-bled all

ble,

wo - men cut him down.

meat!" Oh didn't he

C
G7

C
G7
C

He ram - bled 'til the

the

a- round,

Didn't he

ram-

G7

Didn't he

121

Mama Don't Allow

C

Ma-ma- don't 'low

C7

no

Ma-ma- don't 'low

no

We don't care

cor- net play'n'round here!

No

G7

cor- net play'n'round here!

C7

No

G7

no

cor

She Don't

She Don't

what Ma-ma-don't'low,he's gon-na'-playthat

Ma - ma don't 'low

net play'n'round here!

No

cor- net

an- y how.

She

Don't

That Dixie Jazz

122

James P. Maguire & Warren DeWitt - 1919

A F

C7

Have you heard the la-teststrain?

C7

rag-gy new mel-

o- dy,

It's

C7

Oh,

babe,

C7

lin-ger

in your brain.

It will

For it's a

D7
G7
C7

So full of har- mo- ny, You'll want to hear

C7

a brand new South-ern drag,

C&

D7

What do you say?

It's a

G7

Dix- ie

Come let us hear

gain.

C7

dan- dy

it a-

the band

rag.

C7

play.

123

That Dix-ie

jazz!

That Dix-ie

C7
F

Dix-ie jazz!

D7

right,

Hold to me

G7

tick- le

C F7

Lis-

toe.

Come,

let's

ten to that syn- co- pa - tion

That

Dix- ie

jazz!

D7

ing.

Fromleft to

It makes me want to do the shuf-fle and the

C7

coax a

moan

C7

Lis-

ten can't you hear that man just

G7

Oh, Hon- ey!

My how I love to hear that

A7

G7

tight.

jazz!

Oh, just see'em sway-ing when they're play-

G7

G7

D7

It's the

D7

best

go!

from his trom- bone.

I've ev- er known.

That

Dix- ie

jazz!

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

124

Henry Creamer & J. Turner Layton - 1922

G7
C7

My how I love to hear that dear old Dix-

ie

C7

jazz.

That Dix-ie Jazz!

A
G G D7

Guess!

Where do youthink I'm go

Guess!

What do youthink I'm think in'when you think I'm think in' wrong?

in'when thewinds start blow in' strong?

B7

Guess!

Where do youthink I'm go

Guess!

What do youthink I'm think in'when I'mthink

in'when thenights start grow in' long?

in'

I
I

all night long?

C
G
A7(b5)
G

D7

ain't go

in' East,

ain't think in' this,

I ain't go

in' West, I ain't go in' o ver the cuck oo's nest.

I ain't think in' that,

that

E7 E7(b5)

heart does not start

to

I love best,

pit a

pat

My

can not be think in' a bout your hat.

bound for the town

I'm

A7

Where life
un

less

D7

is

one sweet song;

hear this

song;

B D7

A7

Way down you

D7

New Or - leans,

der in

D7

there's a gar - den of

E - den,

A7

D7

that's what I

C6 G&7

give your la - dy fair,

G7(4)

a lit - tlesmile.

lit - tle while.

E7

ti - ful queens,

lit - tle blue

jeans,

G7

Stop!

Oh won't you

There

Stop!

you bet your life you'll lin - ger there,

is

They've got

wear - ing

Cre - ole ba bies with

mean.

C B7B7 A7

D7

with those beau

scenes,

G G7 D7

soft - ly whis - per with ten - der sighs,

D&7

of dream - y

in the land

flash - ing eyes,

G&7

D7(4)

G&7

A7

125

G7

hea

ven right here on earth,

an

gels right here on earth,

A7 D7

way down yon der in New

G6

Or - leans.

126

When Ragtime Rosie Ragged The Rosary

Lewis Muir & Edgar Leslie - 1911

G7

B7

B7 D B7

G7

C7

B7

G7

G7

Verse:

A C

Par- son Lee in

Ten- nes-see in

sor- ry

but our

G7

up

B C

and

ac-cents loud and clear,

or- gan man ain't

vol- un-

here.

Now I'd

to help us

light- ed

and

G7

sat

he

said "Just step this

down to

pray,

way",

And the

G7

Then

came

like some- one

to stand

out".

gal named Rag-time Ro-sie stood up andsaid that she could play,

C7

G7

teer

said "Folks I'm aw- ful

When a

The par-son seemed de-

G7

con- gre- ga- tion all

G&

shout!

When

127

G7

Break for Spoken Vocal

Rag-time Ro- sie ragged the Ros- a- ry,

G7

Then he turned a- round on- ly

D7

C7

To that tune

to see:

Rag-time two-step 'til that Par- son Lee,

List- nin'

to

that

want you folks

Rag- time

Ro-

C7

low- down mel-

to know

sie

D7

in'

ragged the

ros-

and

a treat,

pran- cin'

to the

Why, he forgot the sermon and began to speak in German

o- dy.

that this ain't

G7

such

Break for Spoken Vocal

C7

danc-

G7

That instead of prayin' Rosie got the folks to swayin'

G7

It was

It charmed their feet and set'em

D C

Break for Spoken Vocal

so sweet,

Deacon Alexander Started in to reprimand her

a- ry.

G7

Then

no

he

min- strel

F7

G&

said

"I

show"

When

Floatin' Down That Old Green River

128

Cooper - 1915

A G

I've been float - in'

down that

had

A7

get

to

back

drink

that

D7

A7

E7

whole

Green

home

to

you!

the

D7

one thing I could do;

I was

The ship gotwrecked with

G7 F7 F7

a bar

on - ly

And there was

G7

cap - tain and crew,

I got stuck on

E7

Wish - in' that I was home.

there all a - lone,

old Green Riv - er on the good ship "Rock and Rye,"

wad - ed too far,

But I

A7

D7

G G7F7F7 E7

Riv - er

dry

to

No Repeat First Time - On To Vocal

Solos at "A"

Verse Interlude:

G#

D7

G#

129

D7

Verse - Vocal:

G#

D7

Half past

four,

D7

ve

E7

Mc - Graw,

G G7F7 F7 E7

And

D7

is

what

been

all

re - plied:

But then his wife's eyes grew

Dan - ny

child,

to comehome and go to

"Where have you

A7

this

like

For Dan

D7

smiled,

ry wild!

A7

D7

He came a' creep - in' to his wif - ey's door.

G G#

A7

G G#
Dan - ny

A7

half the night

D7

She had beenwaitin' up

bed.

Dan

G#

D7

D7

night?"

she cried,

Back to "A"

I've been
Back to "A" for Vocal and Solos

Floatin' Down To Cotton Town

130

F. Henri Klickman - 1919

A C

E G7

I just dropped in to see you

on

my

way.

G D7/A

I'm go- in'

That's why

B C

E G7

that

be

fine?

D7

hur- ry and sail

me,

Mis- ter

D7/A

day,

back to

Line,

leave to-

by

the

G7

No

more I'll

Dix- ie-

D7/A

To

that

gal of

mine:

G7

hand.

D7
G

Cap- tain, don't fail

I'm

sun- ny

G7

G&

came to shake you

The min-ute when I cross that Dix- ie

say,

D7

G7

all and

land,

G&

G&

pine,

me,

won't

just

Float- in'

G7

Float- in'

whis-

down,

on

the

riv-

er

down

to

Cot- ton

toot!

toot!

D7

dark-

ies

sing-

in',

Hon- ey

D7/A G7/B

Al-

wel-come me

a-

a-

lit- tle

bam;

toot-

in'

a-

ban- jos

way,

Just hear that

A7

And

ring-in''til the break of

D7

those

day.

G7

hon- ey

lamb,

I'll come back to

A7

C7

While

A7

D7

gain,

Float- in'Down To

Town.

down,

my

in'

G7 Break 2 bars

A7

lamb,

float-

G7/B

tle

ey,

hon-

D C

D7/A

D7

my

you and

A7

D7

131

fields of

A7 G7

Cot- ton

sug- ar

Town.

cane

seem to

Sailing Down Chesapeake Bay

132

Verse

Havez - Batsford - 1913

A C7

Come on

Come

on

Nan-

All

a- board for

B C7

Come on

is

love-

Bal-

Cap-

ly

on

steam-

the

ti- more,

C7

Ban- jos

moon,

C7

Ches- a- peake,

Sail-

C7

in' down Ches-

Sail- in' down Ches-

all

be

sore.

'Cause we can't swim,

a- peake

C7

Bay.

Up on deck

'neath the

a- peake,

Mis- ter,

a good old tune,

a- peake Bay,

Set-tle down close

to spoon.

C7

If we're late we'll

ring- in'

there's a place

dress on,

boat's gone.

Ches-

'n let us catch that boat,

we can't float.

best

put your

cy 'fore the

'ry- thing

cy

Ev-

Nan-

C7

All

sil-

v'ry

a- board for

No Repeat 1st time

133

C F

C7
F

C7

Head- in'

'Round the bend I think I see a steam- er, Dear,

to this

pier.

It's the

And

G7

Old

if

Dom-

in- ion

Line.

we hur- ry,

Bal-

G7

ti- more.

G7

yearn- in',She's the Queen of

A7

Head- in'

G7

C7

the Ches- a- peake Bay!

Nev- er

fear,

Just hear the pad-dles turn- in',

D7

C7

Say, don't she look pret-ty as she hugs the shore,

we can make it

here,

C7

D C7

for

Hear my heart a'

Solos on Verse

Easy Rider's Gone

134

Shelton Brooks

q = 120

C7

won - der where my

F7

place.

Cash

E7

If

he was here he'd win the race

D7

in our tick ets for a

jol - ly joy ride right a - way

my

F7

mon - ey that is why I'm

blue.

knows just what to

do.

I'd

E7

an - y horse that Jock - ey's

1.C

D7

G7

Ea - sy

Ri - der's gone.

Amin

on,

I'm

F7

If notfirst he'd get a

G7

ne - ver told me

He

C7

los - ing all

Ea - sy Ri - der's gone to - day

he was goin'a - way.

G7

Am

F7

To

G7

put all my junk in

D7

Oh

win

2.C

gone

pawn

to bet on

where

my

won - der

a race he

Eh Las Bas

135
Traditional

A Bb

Eh

la

bas, (band sings echo) Eh

Bb

F7

la

Eh la bas,

B Bb

F7

Eh la

bas,

la

Ca - jun

in

pinch

so

Well I

I don't know what it means.

But it

Cre ole way,

Bb

nev - er

I
So

F7

and hear them trom bone gliss - es

friends, and let the

mus - ic

play,

I'd
To

Bb

to sing French when Itake my turn but thatain't the kinda band that this is

mor - row may

but the

is Lais - sez les bon temps rou - lez!.

like down in New Or - leans,

would,

I can say

let the good times roll my

F7

F7

love to hear that clari - net burn

Sis Boom Bah

Bb

sang that Ca - jun French in a fine ol'

like

bas,

on - ly

Bb

la

Eh la bas

sounds real good, like I knew it

Eh

Solos here after Vocal

Or - y

Bas,

F7

Tra la

can't speak French, not

F7

come to be,

so let's love

it

up

to - day

Eh la
Eh la

Vocal Back to Top

Fidgety Feet

136

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1918

G7

A C

C7
F
F
C G7

D7 G7 C

2Bar break
C

C7 F F C

1.
D7
G7
C

2.

C7

Stop time - 4 bars

B F

A7

C7
F

3
G7

C7

D7

A7

137

C7

C B

E E

G7

F7

F7

F F7
C7

D7

G7

G7

C7

F7

C7

E7

F7

D7

1.

B7

B7

F7

2.

Waitin' For The Robert E Lee

Lewis F. Muir & L. Wolfe Gilbert - 1912

138

Way

down on the levwhis-tles are blow-

The

A&

ee
in',

in
old
Al- a- bamthe smoke-stacks are show-

night
all

my,
in',

you
is

can
har-

find
mo-

E7

in'
er,

the
He

B
D

and Eph-riam and Samex- cuse me, I'm go-

There's
The
in',

banis

jos

arc
the

syndance-

in'?
there?

that's come to
by

car- ry

on the good old

D7

light
where

they
en

are
the

waitpreach-

coing

pateach-

tin'.
er.

What's that they're sayin'?

While they keep playWere you
a- round there? If you ev- er go

hum- min'and sway-

E7

While
Ev-

there you'll al- ways be found

all,
ous,

G
G
D&

in',

A7

A&

What's that they're sayHave you been down

them
ni-

F7

my, On a moon
in' to the place

E7

y,

D&
G
G
D

Dad- dy and Mamropes they are throw-

D7

in', it's the good

there, Why,

dog-

A7 D
the

cot- ton

a- way.

Rob-ert E. Lee.

F7

G7

ship

Rob- ert

gone,

Here comes my ba-

A7/E D7/F

Lee

Watch them shuf-

D7

flin' a-

long.

See them shuf-

long.

D7

Go

take your

best

gal

real

pal,

Go

D
G

the

D&

lev-

ee,

join that shuf-

Wait - in'

said

flin' throng.

It's sim- ply

for

the

mate,

Rob - ert

E.

Lee.

the

D7

great,

to

D7

lev-

ee, And

Hear that mus-

D7
D7

flin' a-

down to

D7

D7

139

Wait- in'

on

ic and

song.

the

lev- ee,

For Repeat:
G7
A7

Walkin' the Dog

q = 164
140

Shelton Brooks - 1917

A C

G7

G7

Now lis- ten hon - ey'bout a

Been'rig - i - na-ted for a -

new dance craze,

G#craz
D7- y 'bout the "Bunn
G - nyG# Hug",
D7
You all were

bout ten days, It's these, It's a

C - go bug!" But
C now,
"Tan

Most evG7
-'ry bod - y was a

bear!,

And it's a new step

and some -G7

how,

The fun - nyCDog walk

G7

In ev -'ry cab - a - ret and danc - ing

G7 this dance is
In ev -'ry pri - vate home

one and all,

If you'll just give me

on the phone, Hear - ing

E7 known.

a chance,

on his Gram o - phone:

C the town talk.

is all

hall,

a fun - ny two step.

I'll

A7

You see them do - ing it, yes,

D7 a friend
G7of mine up
I called

in - tro - duce this dance:

This "Dog - gone" rag - gy

tone:

B C

Get'way back,

Grab your gal,

and snap your fin - gers,

D7

and don't you lin - ger

slow,

the"Tex - as Tom - my",

C7

Get o - ver Sal - ly,

G7

G7

one and all,

that will show,

Drop!

the

Do that slow drag

'round the hall.

Do that step,

G7

Like you're sit - ting on

141

G7

dance called"Walk - in' the Dog".

log, Rise

q = 120
142

Over The Waves

A C

When

you are in

you are in

B F

So

in

the

C7

heart starts to

Words

near.

sweet

blue

won - der - ful

When

like

Thrilled be

touch of

your

beat

kiss me my

It's the love - li - est time of the year.

love,

and the

C C

G7

you

time you are hold - ing me

the sand

My

o - ver

an - y

a - long

ryhme

Stars

Waltz - ing

year.

al - most can touch them from here.

And you

twin - kle a - bove

fall in - to

It's the love - li - est night of the

love

G7

like a

D7

won - der

the

G7

hand,

of

and

is

It's the

breeze drift - ing

child when a birth - day

G7

lov - li - est night of the year.

near.

Royal Garden Blues

Clarence & Spencer Williams - 1919
143

D7

A
C
G&7
G
G7

E7D7 G C7 G D7
C G&7 C G&7 C D7

Stop time - Play downbeats 4 bars

G7 Clarinet

B Cornet
G7

G7 Tuba

D7

C G7

G7

Trombone

E7 D7

G C7

G D7

G7

D
C7
F7
C

G7

F7
A7
D7

F7

F7

Back to "D" for Solos

Long Gone
W.C. Handy & Chris Smith - 1920

144

B B7/D
E F7/E
B F7
B

Did you

F7

A B

hear the sto- ry

of

Long John Dean?

Long

John stood on

the

rail- road

Bowl - ing Green,

to come

Late

last

Ought'a

seen

B B

Long

Long

G7

Was sent

by.

G7

night

he

made

his

came just

C7

get-

John grabbin'

F7

E
F7/E

from Ken- tuck- y,

and what I mean,

train

yes-

B7/D

gone,

Waitin' for freight

to the jail-house

from

Long

bold bank rob-ber

B7/D

C7

Gone

tie,

Freight train

Long

ev-er

F7/E

ter- day,

puffin' and flyin',

F7

a-

way.

that

blind.

G7

Gone,

He

was

C7

F7

ain't he

luck- y?

B
F7

Long Gone John from Bowl-ing Green.

Interlude

B G7
C7
F7
B G7
C7
F7

They

They

145

B F7 B

to bring him back,

of-fered a re-ward

caught him in Fris- co,and to seal his fate,

Dog-

Now

blood-hounds

lost

his

o- cean

John

es- caped,

on

the

G7

no-

bod-

knows

where

got

to

close

the

guard for-

D B

gone

G7

C7

jailed one

San Quen-tin

out

B7/D

E-ven put blood-hounds

F7

C7

Gol-

den

F7

Long- John

went.

from Ken- tuck- y,

Long

Gone,

Long

Gone

from San Quen-tin,

Long

Gone and

F7/E

gate.

Gone

B7/D

scent,

Long

ev-'ning late. But

F7/E

G7

on his track.

The

He

was
John's

C7

F7

Ain't he luck- y.
still

a' sprint- in'.

B
F7

Long

gone,

and what I mean,

Long Gone John from Bowl- ing Green.

Long

Gone

I'm tell-ing you,

Shut your mouth and

shut mine too.

A Good Man is Hard to Find

Eddie Green 1917

q = 100
146

A C

D9

My heart's sad and I am

Cm

all

a - lone

Cdim

I re - gret

the day that

my hap - pi - ness is less to - day,

was born,

CCdim G7

D7

D7

G7

my man

treats

me

mean.

and

oh

that man I ev - er seen

G7

my heart is broke and that is why I

say.

Lord a

B A7

A7

is hard to find

good man

G7

A7

rave

pal,

you

A7

C G#7 G7

you al - ways get

G7

the oth - er kind

just when you think that

look to find him fool - in''round

D7

and you all

D7

he's your

D7

147

D7

crave you wan - na

G7

then you

Cm

see

with some oth - er gal

him in hisgrave

so if yourman is nice take

my ad - vice and hug him in the morn - in'

G#7

G7

D7

kiss him ev' ry night

G7

treat him right cuz a good man now - a - days is hard to find,

give him plen - ty lov - in'

G7

so

hard to find.

G7

Get Out Of Here

(And Go On Home)

q = 180
148

C7

G7

G7

G7

C7

G7

G7

C7

F7

1.

C7

C7

D C

2.G7

C7

G7

G7

G7

Chinatown, My Chinatown
A
D

When the

Jean Schwartz & William Jerome - 1906

149

town is fast a- sleep,

That's the

time the fes-tiveChink,

Starts to wink his dream-y

B D

Chi- na

A7

Hearts that

know

F7

no

dream- y,

Chi-na town,

oth-er land

Chi- na- town,

mid-night in the sky,

E7 B

A7

Starts to

wink his oth-er eye.

A7

La-

A7 A&7

zi- ly you'll hear him sigh:

Where the

E7

A7

E7

And it's

eye,

town, my

A&7

Dream- y,

A&7

Drift- ing

Al- mond

A7

lights are

low,

A7

to

and

fro.

D7 D&7
of

A&7

G B7/F
E

eyes

brown,

E7 A7
G6
D A6/C B7 E7 A7 D D

Hearts seem light and

life seems bright,

In dream- y

Chi- na- town.

150

Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band

Jack Coogan & Jimmy Morgan - 1917

A A F7 B7

His- to-

ry

E7

re- peats it- self,

lieve they're right be- cause lastnight

So the wise men

C C B

B7

heard pe-cu-liar mus-ic

a dream it

takes me back

B7
F6
F6

on- ly goes to

prove that

B7

two

F6

thou- sand years

B7

E-

gyp-tians were not

E7

a-

I be -

say.

E7 E E7 E&

play.

E7
F
F
A F7 B7

In

go.

Which

slow. Cle- o- pa-tra had a

 B7

B

jazz

B7

E7

band,

A7

F& F7 B7

F6 F7

In her queer E - gyp-tianstyle.

She won Marc An- to- ny,

And while they played,

B7

E7

She

She knew she had him all the while. In the sha-dow of the

C
E7
B7

pyr- a- mids,

A7

C/G F7 E7

With her syn- co- pa-ted har- mo- ny.

swayed.

Ev-'ry night she gave a

B
E7 A/C

B7/F

In her cas-tle on the Nile.

E7

jazz dance,

151

'Neath the old E gyp-tian

moon,

G7(b5)

C C C7

said:"There'll be a wed - ding soon".

B7

E7

A Sphinx was look-ing on

D7 C7 F7

B7

and

But the real his- tor-ic scan- dal, was

A C C B6
E7
B6
E7
A
E7

Cle- o lost her san-dal as shedanced to the strains of the E- gyp-tian jazz bandtune.

Aunt Hagar's Blues

152

A F

C+

Old dea - con Spliv - in,

Bb7

C+

F7

His flock was giv - in'

the way of liv - in' right.

C7

Said he"No swing - in',

Gm7

Gm

W.C. HANDY 1921

No rag - time sing - in' to - night".

C7

F F7 Bb Bbm F

Up jumped Aunt Ha - gar

With la - test mu - sic,

Bb7

Oh my,just lis - ten!"

and shout - ed out with all hermight:

F7

Bb7

C7

B F

"Why all this razz - in',

a - bout the jazz - in'?

C7

My boys have just come home,

They play it on the sax - o- phone".

C7

the dea - con shout - ed with a moan.

Bb7

F F7 Bb B

C7

F C7

HearAunt Ha gar's chil - dren har - mo - niz - ing. Hear thatsweet mel

F7
Fm

C7

C7

like a choir

good Lawd

sent

F7 Bb

C7

it

Oh,

down

to

C7

Bb7

Such jazz - a - pa - tion

just can't re - fuse,

blues,

Aunt

o - dy,

It's

F7

me.

Let the

F C7

C7

'tain't no use o'teach - in'

Oh,

such mod - u - la - tion,

G7

When I

Ha - gar's

Child - ren

C7

that mel - o - dy they call the

A7

When my feet say dance,I

hear

C7

F7

'taint no use you preach - in',

while I sing those lov - in' Aunt Ha - gar's Blues.

join

D7

If the dev - il brought it, the

con - gre - ga - tion

right

C7

Fm

from on high broke loose.

C7

153

Blues.

154

Avalon
A D7

E7

found my

D7

love

in

A - va - lon,

left my

love in

dream of

so

her and

A - va - lon

and

trav - el on,

dusk

to

'til

va

And

F7F7

dawn.

D7

Cm6

Am7

bay,

a - way.

E7

the

sailed

Am

D+7

1920

D7

Be - Side

from

F7F7 E7

think I'll

A - va - lon,

D+7

Al Jolson

lon.

Amazing Grace

G7

D7

Em

155

Singin' The Blues

q = 120

Con Conrod 1920

Bb

Fmaj7

A Gm7

D7

G7

C7

2 - Bar Break

C7

Fdim

D7

Ddim

D7

Dm7

Gm7

Gm7

C7

G7

C7

A7

Gm

C7

Am

Gm

Abdim

G7

C7

156

Second Hand Rose

James F. Hanley & Grant Clarke - 1921

A
D7
G

D7

Fath-er has a bus- 'ness, Strict-ly sec-ond hand,

D7
A7

To

Stuff in our

ba- by grand.

B
A7

E7

bused,

E7

It's no won-der that I feel a-

A7

Sec- ond hand shoes,

Sec- ond hand hose,

me

A7

pardon

Sec- ond Hand Rose.

their sec - ond hand beauxs.

me

D7

lor,
'em,

D7

D&7

have a thing that ain't been used:

Sec- ond hand clothes,

D7

D7

Some-one wore be- fore.

a- part- ment, came from fath-er's store,

Sec- ond hand hats,

nev-er-

D7
G G

A7

Ev- 'ry- thing from tooth- picks,

E - ven things I'm wear- ing,

D7

I'm wear- ing

D7

E - ven our piE - ven my pa-

Fath- er bought for ten cents on the

Have some- bod- y else's
'ni- tials

All

the girls hand

That's why they call

D7 D&7

dolon

an- o in the
ja- maswhen I

lar.
'em.

157

C
D7
G G

A7

ond

hand pearls,

I'm wear- ing

sec- ond hand curls,

Sec-

ond

hand rings,

I'm sick

sec- ond hand things

nev-

er

get

nev-

er

get

had

sin-

gle

what

oth-

er

the nerve to

nudged her friend and

D7
G G

E - ven Jake the

G&7

Once while stroll- ing

Sec-

G7

of

tell

me

said "Oh

Ritz

thing that's
girl-

do.

man

a-

dore,

He

girl

got

my

goat,

She

A7

mar- ried

look! There's my

A7

old

be- fore!
fur

that I'm just

Sec- ond Hand Rose,

Ev- 'ry-

one knows,

that I'm just

Sec- ond Hand Rose,

Sec-

ond

Av-

e-

nue.

Sec-

ond

Av-

e-

nue.

D7

D&7

coat!"

one knows,

D7

G&

Ev- 'ry-

A7

new.

ies

he's been

plumb- er, he's the

thru the

I'm

From
From

wear- ing

Lovin' Sam
(The Sheik of Alabam')

158

A D

Lis - ten sis
Ev -'ry hus

ters and bro - thers

band and lov - er,

D7

He's the great

Keep your gal

a - bout a man I
and you can pass it

lov - ers
cov - er,

D7

There ain't a high - brown gal in town

If Lov - in'Sam gives her the grin,

E7

To be the bride of
And in the morn - in'

There ain't a wo - man he can't vamp,

But if your gal you aim to keep,

est of
un - der

A7

But let me tell you

Then here's my warn - in'

A7

They say that he's the lov - in' champ,

Of course they say ad - vice is cheap,

E7

D7

I sup - pose you've heard of the Sheik.

Bet - ter take a
bit of ad - vice.

1922

know:
on:

D7

Ev - er kissed a girl on the cheek.

Sure as there's a deuce on the dice,

Who would - n't throw her dad - dy down

Then you is out and Sam is in!

this col - ored Ro - me - o.

your lov - in' ma - ma's gone!

D7

Peo - ple
Peo - ple

C G

call

D7

gals

go

A7

Does he

D G

love

D7

step?

like

fin - est

Lov - in'

D7

kit - chens

bies cry

E7

all love Lov - in' Sam,

And when the

wick - ed

eye!

A7

You could have your eggs and

ham,

down in

2 bar break

rolls

He's a

That's what he does - n't do noth - in'else but!Could you

strut?

Sam,

Boy! He

bam'.

man!

D7

Bm

by,

high - brown ba

Does he

Al - a

a heart break - in'

stroll - in'

He's the Sheik of

Sam,

mean love mak - in'

Lov - in'

him

A7

159

G7

Al - a

for

you like

B7

bam'.

In the

You'd make the

Cm

ba - bies cry

Am7

D7

for Cas - tor

The Sheik of

Al

ia! They

a - bam'.

Peo - ple

160

Ma He's Making Eyes At Me

Con Conrad - 1921

A F

oh! So sil- ly and

shy,

Lit- tle Lil- ly was

C7

C7

D G7

C7

to cud - dle

try,

B F

And all the

"Ma,

Ev -'ry sin-gle-nightsome smart fel-low would

G7

C7 C C7

up to her,

But she would cry:

C7
G7

fel-lows knew,

C7

She would-n't bill and coo.

C7

he's mak-ing eyes

at me!

C&7

Ma,

he's aw-ful nice

to me!

D C7
C7
F
C7

I'm be- side him, Mer- cy! Let his con scienceguidehim
If you peek in, Can'tyou see I'm goin' to weak - en?

Ma he's al mostbreak-ingmy heart,

C F

G7

Ma,

G7

C7

he wants to

C7

mar-

on my should-er,Ma,
for as - sis- tance!

C7

ry me,

C7

Ev- 'ry min- ute

Me, I'm meet- ing

G7

Be

my

hon-

B7

he gets bold- er,

with re - sis - tance

C7

he's kiss - ing

me!"

A7

ey

bee.

D7

Now he's lean- ing

I shall hol- ler

When You're A Million Miles From Nowhere

161

Walter Donaldson - 1919

A A7

You're a

D7

mile

mil-

G/B

one

G7

from no- where,

It's the

C/G

B/D

That keeps ring-

ing

in

the gates

G7

of heav- en,

E7

You're a

mil-

lit-

tle

lion

D7/A

mile

from

er's tears,

ears.

You just

B7 D
C7

F7

A
from

home.

lit- tle

A7

moth-

D7

When you leave Moth-er's arms

miles

D7

when you're one

of

your

D7/A

D7

song

A7

from home.

B7/D

lion miles

B
D7
A7

D7

leave

D7

A7

no- where,

C7

to roam.

When you're

My Honey's Lovin' Arms

162

Herman Ruby/Joseph Meyer - 1922

A G

You've heard lov-ers,

D7

D7

pet;

G
I'm

C7

Love- sick

D&7

They

so

diff-'rent,

al- ways

C7

Oh,

lov- ers

fret

get

ro-

so diff-'rent-

man- tic,

A7

bout their

D&7

Drive you fran-tic.

now;

B7

While I'm in

A
D&7
E B A9

love I know

simp-ly

go

and

whis-per low

to

Hon- ey

Ba- by:

 G

B

A7

place

to

A9

love you

You'll find

'Cause

I be- long

C7

when

the

D7

my

hap-py

pair!

lit- tle hon-

ey.

to you

E7

on-

G7

world seems wrong,

Right in

When years have passed a- way

ly.

D7

Seems to bless my

love be- longs

lone-

D6

more each day,

my

Oh, what

A7

world of charms,

E7

am

co- zy chair,

C
C

D7

Hap- pi- ness,

when

One ca- ress,

nes- tle

com- fy

They hold

D6

A7

C
G

lov- in' arms,

C7

love your

163

A7

D7

Hon-ey's

Lov- in'

ly;

know

that

C7

St. James Infirmary

164

B7

Em

Em

C7

B7

Em

When will I ev - er stop moan - in'?

Am

C7

B7

Em

Am

My ba - by went and

for?

B Em

B7

Em

Em

B7

C7

B7

E7

My ba - by went and

Em B7

Em

Am Em

C7

B7

Ne - ver to come back no

left me

Em

Em

C7

more.

G7

My ba - by there she lay,

I asked old Doc - tor Sharp,
Wher ev - er she may be.

C7

B7

Em

out
"Boy,
hunt

I went

B7

Em

C7 B7

I feel so blue and heart - bro - ken What am I liv - ing

down to the Saint James In - firm -'ry

"What is my ba - by's chan - ces"
go, let her go - God bless her

Em

Am

When will I ev - er smile?

left me, She'll be gone a long long while.

C7 B7

on a cold mar ble ta - ble - Well, I looked and I turned

a - way.
by six o' clockthis eve' nin, - She'll be play - in' her gol
den harp.
this - wide - world o - ver
But she'll ne - ver find a man like me.

La - id

She can

Let her

165
Wilbur C. Sweatman - 1911

Down Home Rag

C7

G7

A F G7
F D7 G7 C7
F/A B6/G

G7
F/A
B6/G
F
D7
G7 C7 F

B

F6

F7

F6

A7

A7

G7

C7

G7 C7 F

F7 E6 G A7

F7

F7

B7
E E B
B
C7
F7
C B

E E B
B B7 E B
C7 F7 B
B7

D B

C7

F7

C7

F7

Play "A" Once and end

Shake It & Break It

166

A
G

D7

B G

G
C
G

D7

Artie Matthews - 1915

Clarinet Break: 2 bars

G7

G G7 C C

D7

Break: 2 bars

C7

G G7 C

C7

G7

D7

G7

D7

C G

D7

G7

167
Play "D" As AWritten - Repeat for Solos

D C

G7

G7

G7
C
A7

A7

After Last Solo

play "D" once as written then go on

G7

E
G

Break: 2 bars

G
D7

C7

G G7CC G

Fine

Dixieland Jazz Band One Step

168
q = 200

C

A

G7
G7
D7
G7

C
C7
G

G7
G7

C
C7
G

D7
G7

C
F
Dm7

Gm7
C

F
F
C
F

Dm
D7

Gm G#dim F
C7
F7

169

Bb
D7
D7
G7
C Bb

G7
C
C7

F
F

A7

F7

Dm

Bb

Dm

G7

Bb
Bb
D7
D7
G7

G7
C
C7
Eb

Edim
Bb
G7

C7

Bb

Bb

Rufe Johnson's Harmony Band

170

Shleton Brooks & Maurice Abraham - 1914

G7 F

Rufe John- son

C7

leads a

band,

G6

C7

Down

in

Sa-

van-

nah,

Down

They all

keep

sway-

ing,

While Rufe

B G

D7

He real- ly can't be beat,

D7

G7

van-

nah-

'Man-

ci-

pa- tion

hol-

i-

act

like

G.

day,
fools,

C7

in

Sa-

van-

nah.

is

play-

ing.

C
When

Day.

The

You'll

hear

A.

You

G6

G7

Down in Sa-

but he will get your goat,

they parhorse and

C7

the

peo-

ple

say:

hear

them

say:

al - most

man,

shake their feet,

Plays rag-time mu--sic- sweet,

D7

DD C/E

Old Rufe can't read a note,

C7

The peo- ple

He's one grand lead- er

When he comes down the street,

G7 F C7

When he plays

each

mules

they

ade

A7

Here they come,

Just lis- ten

A7

Say

Hon,

D7

played

ain't

that

Lis

G7

ten

to

that

by

that

wide

G7

Old Ruf- us

er

u-

C7

lead-

C7

G7

hear

it

C7

groan- ing,

ta- tion

John-son's Har-

It's

D7

He's

man.

mon -y

old cor- net,

D7

rep-

a world

rump, rump.

F B
got

rump,

trom- bone moan- ing,

Root -te-toot, toot- te-toot, toot-te-toot toot-te-toot.

A7

D7

F7

Boy ain't he

rump,

Lis-ten to that dog-gone flute,

G7

He's go- ing

to that drum,

beat- in' some,

D B

171

D7

For play- ing

Band

syn- co-

pa- tion;

Solos at "C"

172

Runnin' Wild
G

Cdim

Eb7

Am7

D7

G7

My
When

Verse

AC

gal and
I first

C7

we

had a

that

gal of

met

guess she

thinks

when she

fight

E7

mine

and

I'm

all

by

it

Am

that she's

gone

I'll

thought she

had me

right

she

C7

gon - na

show

her

she's all

Ma - ry

led

her

lit - tle

now

the

shelf.

I'm

act - in'

mean.

Like

wrong

no

lone - some stuff for

lamb

she

led

the

a - lone

She'll soon find that

I'm

to

that's the rea - son

I'm

had

turn,

D7

all

all

the worm

Am7

me

G7

But

lay right on
start - ed

dream.

won't sit home

til

Eb7

my - self.

D7

Cdim

seemed just like

G7

me
time,

I
Un -

Runn - in'
Runn - in'

wild,
wild

173

Chorus
B

C7

lost con - trol,

Dm6

Feel - in' gay,

all the

time,

D7

E7

Reck - less

nev - er

E7

while,

All a - lone

Al - ways

A7

G7

blue.

D7

Don't love no - bo

- dy

Run - nin'

bold.

Al - ways

goin',

Care - free mind,

I don't care,

too,

don't know where,

Cm6

might - y

Am

C7

Run - nin' wild,

G7

Wild.

showin'

G7

It's not worth -

174

q = 160

Alabama Jubilee

A C

Ab7

Man - do - lins,

Com ethis way,

Mu - sic sweet,

D7

D7

Bet - ter hur - ry hon - ey dear,or you'll be miss in'

Ab7

rag - time treat,

G7

G7

Goes right to you head and trick - les to your feet.

D7

G7

mem - o-ry find - er ofnights down in old Al-a

B
A7

A7

see Dea - con Jones when he

D7

'round like a clown,

bam: You ought to

Old Par - son Brown danc - in'

G7

Aunt Jem - i - ma who is past eight - y three

D7

rat - tles them bones,

G7

G7

don't de - lay,

It's a re - mind -er a

G7

Ev -'ry - bod - y tun - in' up,the fun be - gins,

Am

G7

vi - o - lins,

George Cobb - 1915

A7

Shout - in'"I'm full o' pep!

A7

Wtach yo' step, watch yo' step!" One leg - ged Joe danced a - round on his toe,

Dmin

Dmin

Threw a - way his cane and hol - lered,"Let her

gang's all

here

for an

D7

D7

go!"

G7

Oh Hon - ey

Al - a - bam - a Jub - i - lee.

E7

Hail,

Hail,

the

This Little Light of Mine

A C

This lit - tle light of

I'm gon - na let it

shine,

I'm gon - na let

I'm gon - na let

it
it

Let it shine,

I'm gon - na let

I'm gon - na let

it
it

shine.
shine.

I'm gon - na let
I'm gon - na let

G7

it
it

let

my

shine.
shine.

out
world,

I'm gon - na

C7

Won't let a - ny - one blow it

I'll take this light all a - round the

I'm gon - na let my lit - tle light shine.

Won't let
a - ny - one blow it out,
I'll take this light all a - round the world,

G7

Won't let
a - ny - one blow it out
I'll take this light all a - round the world,

This lit - tle light of mine

Ev' ry day

This lit - tle light of

shine.

Ev' ry day

I'm gon - na let it shine.

I'm gon - na let it

mine

B C

mine

shine.

C7

175

shine.
shine.

Let it

lit - tle light shine.

176

Sister Kate

q = 164

Bb

D7

A.J. PIRON - 1919

Gm

C7

A C7

C7

Went to a dance with my sis - ter

I re - a - lized a

Kate,

Gm7

thing or

C7

two

D7

allthe boys are

and I got wise to

some - thing new,

and then I knew it was

Db7

just

in her

C7

go - ing wild

C7

trance,

G7

ev -'ry one there said shedanced so great.

in a

D7

C7

I looked at Kate, she was

o - ver Ka - tie's danc - ing style.

dance.

177

Chorus

G7

B C7

wish I could shim my like my sis - ter Kate, she

C7

C7

my ma - ma want - ed to

know last

night,

ev' ry

F7

knows that she can shim - my and it's

be

up

to

date

Kate

D7

mean

D7

our

C7

can

Db7

Gm

Shim - my

my

I know I'm late

C7

like

neigh - bor - hood

shim - my

Bb

un - der - stood

when

in

plate.

why all the boys treat sis -ter

boy

F7

on a

nice.

C7

Kate so

shi - vers like the jel - ly

F7

sis - ter

like

my

Kate.

but I'll

C7

sis - ter

178

Hot Lips

q = 180

1922

Eb7

There's a

D7

boy that's

Fin - est since you're

Eb7

They all

A7

call him

ev' - ry

bo - dy

in our

band,

And

how he blows that

for

on the floor just

He

blows real red hot

floats that's what they

gone.

horn,

When he starts you're

born,

Hot lips

F7

notes,

F+7

say: He's got hot

And

179

B Bb

F7

lips,

when he plays

F+7

Bb

You're on your

toes

C7

and shakes your

When he plays

Bb

F7

Stop Time

Bb

D7

rare

you

must

boy

is there,

shoes,

Boy how he

F+7

D7

through,

He

Bb7

too.

his
Time:

Gm

Gm

with two hot

Bb

lips.

can be

F+7

mus - ic's

de - clare

F7

F7

They're cu - ckoo

D Bb

F7

has.

I watch the

F+7

proud,

C+

Solo Break

F7

like no one

Blues .

un - til he's

steps,

Bb

crowd,

goes,

He draws out

Bbm6

F+7

jazz,

C+7

F7

you know the

Solos at "B"

F+7

180

St. Louis Blues

W.C. Handy 1914

q = 100

A Fm

C7

Bm

St.Lou - is

There with her dia - mond rings,

Fm

Db

hair.

B F7

Db7

go down.
to - day.

C7

he done left
make my get

F7

this town.
a - way.

G7

C7

O - h,

see
I hate to
feel to - mor - row,

B7

C7

Be - 'cause my ba - by
I'll pack my trunk

Fm

and for store bought

would not have gone no where, no - where.

the eve - nin'sun go down.

like
I feel to - day.

the eve - nin' sun

like I
feel

Bm

Fm

I hate to see,
to
mor - row

Pulls that man a - round,

Ex - cept for pow - der

You know the man I love,

Fm
C7

Bm Db7

C7

by her a - pron strings.

C7

G7 G7b5 C7

Wo - man

C7

C7

Feel
Got the

181

C F

St. Lou - is Blues,just as blue

Gm

B7

as

Gm

can

B7

F B F B

F B F7

be.

F B F B F

man got a heart like a

C7

else

1.

he

rock

wouldn't have

cast

gone

in

so

B F7

far

2.

Got the

me.

That

the sea,

Or

from

me.

182

Careless Love

G

A

D7

Love,

oh

love

G
E7

oh

gal,

B
G

A7

and you

near

D7

to

Cm

air

C G

A7

where the

Now

D7

pron high,

A7

I'd build

my

nest

and he

nev

fly

from

way

up

in

the

D7

me.

high,

D7

I'd

D7

mine.

G7

a - pron

wear my

Cm

a - pron high,

boys could not both - er

G E7

wear my

ma - ny

D7

bad

of

tree.

the heart

bird,

right

D7

fly

lit - tle

broke this heart of

ly

were

G E7

tree

G7

D7

You

You'vebroke

If

love.

D7

care - less

thru my head like wine.

Cm

Now

G7

Now

wear

my

D7

- er, nev - er pass - es

by.

D7

Tuck Me To Sleep in My Old 'Tucky Home

183

George Meyer - 1921

Tuck

G7

me

to

sleep

in

my

old

cov - er

me

with

Dix - ie

G7

skies

G/D

'Tuck - y

home,

D7

and

leave me there a

Just

let

the

sun

kiss

my

cheeks

G/D

ev - 'ry dawn,

I've been miss - in'

G7

G7

ain't had

A7

can

bit of

al - ways

A7

rest the

G7

Tuck

me

to

sleep

in

D7

lay there stay there

rest,

from my mam - my since I'm

since

A7

best

in

her

my

old

more

to roam.

like the

D7

gone.

mam - my's

'Tuck - y home,

lone.

nest.

D7

lov - in' arms.

D7

nev - er no

left my

A7

kiss - in'

A7

D7

G/D

let

A7

me

D7

The Sheik of Araby

184
q = 180

Cm

Ab7

Cm

ver

the

bold

Sheik

of

Fol

low

Cm

Un

He

der

the

sings

to

wild

and

G7

Cm

Ar - a

band

At

his

Cm

Dm7

Dm7

Cm

Dm7

Fm

by

Dm7

free

com - mand

car - a - van.

love's

Ab7

Fm

his

Cm

Fm

Cm

G7

ar - ab

His

D7

Fm

des - ert

the

Rides

Ab7

D7

D7

G7

D7

call

of

her

shad - ow

to

Cm

the

his

Dm7

Cm

Dm7

palms,

G7

arms.

G7

I'm the

Sheik

of

ar

G7

love

Em

to

Dm

night

stars

be - longs

to

your

when

Ebdim

tent

I'll

G7

that

to

G7

this

Sheik

of

Ar

G7

creep

Am

D7

Dm

G7

E7

E&

E7

by

you'll

D7

me

will

love

D7

The

bove

E&

G7

sleep

At

In -

Dm

me

with

G7

G7

Your

land

Dm

by

Dm

way

G7

Cdim

our

rule

G7

light

shine

G&

you're

G7

Dm

G7

Cdim

185

the

186

Sister Kate
A.J. PIRON - 1919

q = 164

Bb

D7

Gm

C7

A C7

C7

Went to a dance with my sis - ter

I re - a - lized a

Kate,

Gm7

thing or

C7

two

D7

allthe boys are

and I got wise to

some - thing new,

and then I knew it was

Db7

just

in her

C7

go - ing wild

C7

trance,

G7

ev -'ry one there said shedanced so great.

in a

D7

C7

I looked at Kate, she was

o - ver Ka - tie's danc - ing style.

dance.

187

Chorus

G7

F
F7

B C7

wish I could shim my like my sis - ter Kate, she

C7

C7

my ma - ma want - ed to

know last

night,

ev' ry

F7

knows that she can shim - my and it's

be

up

to

date

Kate

D7

mean

why all the boys treat sis -ter

D7

in

our

C7

can

Db7

Shim - my

C7

like

my

I know I'm late

shim - my

neigh - bor - hood

un - der - stood

Gm

Bb

when

boy

F7

plate.

nice.

on a

C7

Kate so

shi - vers like the jel - ly

sis - ter

like

my

Kate.

but I'll

C7

sis - ter

188

The Love Nest

Louis A. Hirsch & Otto Harbach - 1920

C7

Man - y

cot - tage

them

by - gone

days,

Long

or

all

wide

or

C9

Jack built long

D7

Yet

They have built for

a -

G7

mill - ions sing

its

man.

low.

E7

C7

some were tall

E7

man - sion, Inn,

G7(b5)

G7

in

of

built

E7

the best one

C7

Since the world be - gan.

But

there have been

Some were small, and

C7

build - ers

Pal - ace,

go.

`Twas

C7

praise.

Just

189

C7

F7

love nest,

co-zy and warm.

farm.

D7

Then a

C F

G7

kit-chen where some ram-bler ros- es

D7

Best of

is

Bet- ter

than

C7

love nest,

pal- ace

twine.

F7

You can call home.

dream room for

Then a

all room,

with

A7/E

vine,

F7

tea set of blue.

two.

C7

C7

small room,

down on a

an- da with some sort of cling- ing

ver-

C7

Like a dove nest,

C7

F7

gild- ed

A7 A7(b5)

dome,

Take Me To the Land of Jazz

190

Bert Kalmer, Edgar Leslie, Pete Wendling - 1919

A D7

There's

G7

mu- sic

in

the breeze,

and

D7

trom-bones

G7

grow

on trees.

D7
A7
D7
A7(b5)
G7

You hear moan- in'

D7

ev- 'ry

G7

ca- bar- et,

and groan- in'

it's the

A7

to

hear it,

and tune-ful har- mo-nies.

D7 G7

long

must be near it,

on- ly

thing they play!

D7

A7(b5)
G7

and that's why

I say:

In

Well, I

191

Chorus:
B C

D7

Take me

to the

land of jazz,

Play the

kind-a' blues like

Mem-phis has,

Take me

to the

land of Jazz,

Let me hear the music New

Or- leans has,

G7

wan' na step,

like it

D7

to

hot,

and

layin''em down,

Come and take the

lat- est dare,

A7

up

D7 G7

tune that's full

of

and you know that's what that

Pickin''em

gen -u- ine pep!

ci-

ty's got!

E7

Teach them how

all

Learn to

the "Griz-zly- Bear".

do

o- ver town,
I

D7 G7

I'll give you fair warn- in',

I won't be home-

love that syn- co- pa- tion,

At

dan - cin' 'til

the

run - nin' wild and

G7

my des-

'til morntin- a-

In the lov - in'land of jazz.

livin' it

In the lov - in'land of jazz.

I'll be

tion!

sun comes up,

up,

in'.

Just

Down In Borneo Isle

192

Herny Creamer & J. Turner Layton - 1917

A D

a- way

in

Far

A7

Jun- gle land,

Jun- gle,

Where they play

Jun- gle,

Tuba- Toms- etc.

Jun-gle land,

up-

on the sand,

Tuba- Toms

C7

C7

Jun- gle,

G7

Jun- gle,

Jun- gle sand.

Tuba- Toms- etc

B C7

In the

eve-

ning

Tum- bles,

is cool-er

la Boo- la.

when the day

does the Boo-

C&

And

G7

Stum- bles,

ev-'ry-

they

say

that

C7

bod-

mon-key band,

As they bun- gle thru the jun- gle.

193

C7

Down

in

C7

Down

D7

Down

Bor- ne- o,

D C7

And

those

in

Bor- ne- o,

Oh, Oh, Oh,

To

in

C7/E

see

real

wild

wild

men

Oh,

Oh,

Oh, Oh, Oh!

G7

the

mus- ic slow,

Down

danc- ing

a- round,

wo- men

in

swim- min'!

D7 D

All theywear is a smile,

lights are low,

C7

How

C7
in

Bor- ne- o Isle.

eve-ning when the

in

C7/G

Where I want to go,

And ev-'ry

Down

those

E7

Bor- ne- o,

C7/G

love to

C7

Bor- ne- o

Oh,

Oh,

they toad- al-

F B7 F
Isle.

o,

194

The Jazz Me Blues

Tom Delaney
1921

A F

Down in Louis - i - an - a

G7
C7

su - per

in that sun - ny

clime - They

break

hear that jazz band

play a class of mu - sic that is

fine - And it makes no dif - fer - ence if

mu - sic

play - ing

its

all

the

sounds so pe - cu - liar 'cause the mu - sic's queer

G7

fill

the

air

Then

break

be in

rhyme

to

shine - You can

rain or

C7

time

it

How its sweet vi -bra - tion seems to

you

the whole world seems

C7

You want noth - ing else but jazz - band mu - sic

all the

time

to

195

C
C7
C
C7
C C7

Ev -'ry

D7

Jazz

one that's nigh

nev - er seems

G7

Don't stop the mu - sic it's

man

C7

know I want to hear it

both

day and

(Jazz

Time)

Dmin

Take your time don't rush

G7

dog - gone real - gone

break

A7

Don't want it slow,

it

play

it

sweet and

jazz - band "Jazz

(Jazz - man!) You

Please Sir will you play it in jazz - time

D7

C7

man

Don't want it fast

Oh!

G7

cry:

night and if you don't blow it hot then I

don't feel right Nowif it's rag - time

Jazz

F7 E7 Eb7 D7

to sigh Hear them loud - ly

A7

Me"

F Bb7

blues.

low

I've

got those

E7 Eb7

Solos at "C"

Jelly Roll Blues

196

Jelly Roll Morton - 1905

G7
G7

Ensemble

Stop Time Banjo Solo - 7 beats

C
A

Trombone Solo
3 Beats

Cornet solo 3 beats

Ensemble

C7

F C

D7
G7
C C7 F
F
C
G7

G7

B C

Stop time 3 bars - ad lib breaks

E7 A E7 A C7 F

G7

G7 C C7 F F C

D7

G7

197
Stop time 3 bars - ad lib breaks

C C C7 F C

C C

C C7

G7
D7 G7

F F C G7

4 bar interlude - clarinet trill, drum roll

C7

C7

C7

C7

C7

A7 F F7

DF

B
B
F

C7
C7
F
G7
C7

Back to "D" for Solos

198

Ole Miss

A
D7

D7

D7
A

G
G7

B
C

B7

D7

D7

W.C. Handy - 1916

F7

G7

E7

C6

199

D7

D7

D7

B7

D7

D
G7
C
G

A7

D7

D7

D7

G7

A7

D7

E7

E7

Back to "D" for Solos

Then Play "C" and "D out.

200

Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me

1919

h = 100

E7
Am

There are

Fdim

Bbdim
Dm

that you get from

that will give you
to an - oth - er

Am

Blues
Blues
Blues

ly,
ly,
ey,

Fdim

There are
There are
When she

F7 E7

pain,
pain,
guy,

your one and on

your one and on
all of your mon -

A7
Dm

that you get from wor - ry

that you get when sin - gle
that you get from sweet - ie

Blues
Blues
Blues

Am

Am

And there are Blues when you're lone

And there are Blues when you're lone
And there are Blues when your hon

B7

E7

The Blues you can nev - er ex

The Blues you can nev - er ex
And Blues when she tells
you a

Am

that you get from long - ing
that you get from long - ing
that you get when mar - ried

E7
A7

But the
To hold
Wish - ing

blu
some that

Are the sort of Blues that's on my

But the kind of Blues that
al - way
But the kind of Blues that's good and

mind,
stabs,
blue,

G7
D7
G9
C

D7

mean - est kind, The Blues my naught - y sweet - ie gives to

tax - i cabs, The Blues my naught - y sweet - ie gives to
wine for two, The kind of Blues my sweet - ie gives to

me.
me.
me.

- ly
- ly
- ey

For
For
spends

- plain;
- plain;

A7
Dm

Blues
Blues
phones

There are
There are
There are

lie;

E7

est Blues that be

one on your knee,
you could be free,

D7

They're the ve - ry
Come from hi - ring
Comes from hav - ing

(E7)

There are
There are
There are

I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody

201

h = 84

A A

A+

D6/A

F7

B7

eyes

And

A7

sin - gle

could

could

Hon - ey

nev - er

like

I'm

knew

could

pair

of

E7

do;

eat,

lov

E7

can't

what a

so

ize

be

E7

E7

Hon - ey, like I'm lov - ing

could

A+

Dm

smile

can't sleep,

B7

B7

ba - by

re - al

B A6

C A

B7

bod - y,

I could - n't

love an - y

I could

you;

F7

I nev - er knew

G6

1920

nev - er knew a

E7

sweet,

D6/A

love

ing

you.

G6

F7

an - y - bod

y,

The Curse of An Aching Heart

202

Al Piantadosi - 1913

made

me

what

sat-

is-

E7

soul

and

E7/G

you,

That's the

D7

curse

me

dream,

you're not

G7

un-

died.

You

you're

and down

You fooled

me

B7

from

the

C/G

E7

true

still

love

G7

of

ach-

ing

an

G7

hope

down

C7

And though

me

'ry

ev-

day,

in

G7

to-

with-

start.

A7

am

tered each

C7

You dragged

D7

the

B C

You

fied.

til

shat-

G7

heart.

Some of These Days

A A7

A7

you'll feel

G7

so

G7

kiss - in'

Dm

Dm

lone - ly

D7

lone - ly,

F7

grieve

me

G7

hon - ey

on

Gm

Gm

Some of these days

D7

hug - gin'

C7

you'll miss my

C7

ly,

D7

C7

me

hon - ey

cuz you know

G7

You'll be so

And whenyou leave

D7

when you're a - way.

just for me

you al - ways got your way,

you'll miss my

G7

Gm

your gon - na miss me hon - ey.

you'll miss me

B F7

A7

Some of these days

Dm

203

Bdim

I know you'll

you know

you'll

miss your ba - by

oh some of these days.

Rose of Washington Square

204

James F. Halnley - 1919

A B

E
F7
B

A gar-denthat nev-er knowssun-shine

B7

Onceshel-tered a beau - ti - ful rose.

C7

F7

sha-dows it grew with-out sun-light- or dew, as a child of the cit-

In the

y grows.

B E
F7
B D D

but- ter-fly flew to the gar- den, from out of the blue sky a- bove, the heart of the rose set a-

F7
B
E7
A
A

flut-ter,-

A7

bees,

with a

won-der-ful tale

of

E7

love,

E7

of the brooks and

of

mea-dows and

He told her of birds and of

A7

trees.

He

whis- pered,

205

A7
D

D

B

Rose,

where

A7

of Wash- ing-tonSquare

the

sun

shines,

E7
B

C
D

Rose,

D
A7

I'll bring the

spar-kle with dew

E7

but be the queen

my Rose

but dwell in yourheart,

G6

your love to care,

of some fair gar- den,

A7

A7

did not mean

A7

sun-beams from the Hea-vens to you,

B7

should blos-som

for Na- ture

A&7

Rose,

I'll nev-er de- part,

B E7

a flow-er so Fair

F7

that you shouldblush un-seen

and give you kis-ses that

of Wash- ing-ton Square.

206

The Old Rugged Cross

George Bernard - 1913

A7

D&

G G

G G E7

B
A7

A7

Ritard

G
A D D D D7
G G

A7

A7

D D7

D G7 D

G

C7

B7

G&

G6 A7

D GG D

Dear Old Southland

207

Henry Creamer & Turner Layton - 1921

A G
F&

B/F

D7/F
G F&

I want to stray

C7

D7
G

in the cot-ton and

F&

I want

B/F

to hear

corn,

F&

dear old Moth-er

each

My lit-tle home town.

B/F

D7/F

To feel it,

B7

D7/F

to the town I was born, My home town,

I want to play

B/F

I used to steal it.

morn,

Tuba

B
C7
D7
G

say-ing "Go long, go long,

B
G

G&

Dear,
Dear,

A7

D7

G&

Dear Old South land,

Dear Old South- land,

go long, go long to school".

D7

hear

you

call-

for you

my

heart

G E7
ing

to

me.

is yearn- ing.

And

long,

how

long

to

roam

back

And

long

just

to

see

once

more

the

to

my

old

land

love

D7/A

D7

Ken- tuck-

home.

that Swan- ee

shore.

C7

208

Foolish Questions

q = 152

1915

G
E7 A7 D7

Now you've
Now
Now let's

all heardfool - ish

then

ques - tions

and you no

per - son

there's that

say the ele - vator per - son

G

one will ask you a

doubt

won - der

why

who's al - ways hanging'around the place

And

should for - get

And

to

close the door,

D7

fool ish ques - tion but ex-pect a sen - si - ble re - ply

he watch - es you take yourshav - ing brush and start to lath -er up your face.
you should hap

pen

totumble down

let's say for - ty

Say

give your

ra - zor

its

you hit

the bot - tom and

you

when

first thing she'll do

know

that

is

fool will

fool will stick his stick

when you take your girl some can - dy

as

Some

to you and

down the shaft and

A7

D7

ask "Is

it

for

"Are you

And

tea

The

wave

You

me?"

ask "Are you gonna shave?

ask,

And

you're lying there in - ert

wrin - kle up her nose and

his

af - ter

prelim - in - ar - y

E7

up

ven floors.

just

come

se

Like

hurt?"

Some

209

B
G

-

Foo

lish ques - tion

doubt

you re - ply

No it's for your

your

reply

is

No I'm not

I hope

you re - ply

You utter your dy - ing

or it's for

paredfor shav - ing

I just love

he'dhave the fu ne ral - now and

the taste of
then

soap.

slow.

in

justwant - ed you to

like to take my shav

Ned was al - ways so ori -

die la - ter on.

It

usual-ly saves a

lot

E7

And now I'll take it a - way.

and paint my - self up this way.

see it
ing brush

No, I was

an aw ful hurryand this ele - vator's just too

moan

some oth - er guy

pre -

No, he just though

D7

Ma or your Pa

no

I hope that

A - no - ther fool - ish ques - tion

You'll

gi - nal he would have want - ed it that way.

com - ing

of time

down this way.

1.2.

D7
A7
G

CF

way,

F

just

And he

Then there's this fel - low

hear them ev'ry day.

asks you why you're all dressed up

re - turn - ing from the

Ned

And as you're

fu - ne - ral

and

who meets you on your

C7

this is what you say.

of

dear

old

ring - ing out your hank - ie he'll ask

C7

"Is

You're

bro - ther

Ned dead?"

Aggravatin' Papa

210

Roy Turk & Russell Robinson - 1922

A F


I know a trif-

He lives in Birm- ing- ham,

oth-er night,

lin' man,

F


C7

They call him "Trif-

lin' Sam".

C7

F
F

'Way down in Al-

a- bam'.

C
D7
G7

He had a fight

with a

gal named Man-dy

Now the

G7

Brymm,

And she

G7
D7
G7
C7

plain- ly sta-

ted she was ag- gra- va-

ted,An she shout-ed out to

him:

B
D7
G7
C7
F
F

"Ag- gra- va- tin' pa- pa, Don't you try to two-time me,

D7
G7
C7
F
F

Ag- gra- va- tin' pa- pa, Treat me kind or let me

be,

I said don't two-time me.

F7

I mean just let me be.

211

B F F7

List- en while I

get you told,

Stop mess- in''round, sweet jel- ly roll.

C7 Break 2 bars

G7

you step out with a high brown ba-by,

D7

Ag- gra- va- tin' pa- pa,

G7

C7

I'll do an- y-thing you

Just treat

me

You

best

be care-ful,-

Once

you

pos- sess

can

beat

pa-

pa,

now sweet

say,

F7

F7

ty,

pret-

were stead-y

a
you

D7

Ag- gra- va- tin' pa- pa,

F7

yes, an- y- thing you say.

Doyour strut- tin'round my

Stop Time - Play beats 1 & 4 as marked

A E7

But when you go strut- tin',

C7

So pa- pa,
Now pa- pa,
Now pa- pa,

way.

F7

nice

and sweet,

'Cause

As

yon

can

be,

'Cause

Once

you

were

true,

But

don't

re-

peat!

do - in'

what you're

doin

to

me,

ma-

can't

pend

on

you,

G7

ma

four

that
de-

C7

F F7 B B

Don't you try to two-time me!

-2-

Be

fort - y

If

I'll smack you downand I don't mean may-be!

F D7

C7

Rose Room

212

Harry Williams and Art Hickman - 1917

A B

I want to take you to

ros - es

lit - tle

room,

I want to lead you in - to

bloom.

Where ev' ry year the ros -es

in the trees,

B7

sing us a song

give a

ball.

F7

Na - ture's

Hall,

They have an or - ches - tra up

B7

For their mu si - cians are the bird s

A lit - tle room where all the

and bees.

F5 F

And the will

F7

B B7 B7 C7(b5) B
F

As we are stroll - ing a - long.

In sun - ny

C7

F7

Rose - land,

the hon - ey bees are

Where

Where sum - mer breez - es

Bb7

Ebm

C7

Danc

shin

- ing

C7

Ebm

ing".

Bb

G7

ev - er then

F7

ing,

The moon when

Bb

de - sign

Eb

am

Rose - land,

F7

is more than ev - er

'tis

ing,

May

sway

Pin - ing

C7

"A

F7

For

while the mead - ow brook flows.

- ing,

Bb7

Eb

are

the ros - es

all

are play

There

Bb

213

pin

Bb

Bb

Be - side a beau - ti - ful rose.

ing,

G7

to be sweet - ly re - clin

ing

ing, Some - where in

High Society

214

G7

1901

A G7

G7

E7

Am

Am

B G7

E7

E7

Am

Am

D7

G7

C7

Fdim

C7

C7

E7

Bb

Bdim

D7

Solos Here

C
D7
G7

C7

D7

G7

Bb

G7

C7

G7

Bb

C7

C+7

F7

D Dm

A7

A7

Dm

E Dm

A7

C7

Bb

C+7

F7

D7

G7

C7

Bb

C7

G7

Bb

Bdim

Gm

E7

Dm

Gm

A7

C7

Tuba

215

216

Alphonse Picou Clarinet Solo

C F3

3
F
3

C7

G7

Bb

C7

F F

Bb

Bb

3
3
Bdim
F F

G7

C7

217

American Patrol

F.W. Meacham - 1891

D7

A G

A7
D7
G

G
D7
G
G7 C A7

B
D7 G

D7

C
D
G
G G7

C
D7
G
G
E

Tiger Rag

218

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1917

A C

G7

G7

B D7

Cues are Trombone/Tuba

D7

C F

D7

2.

D7

G7

C7 Solo Break

G7

C7

1.

Solo Break

C7

F Solo Break

D7

E B

F7

F7

F B

C7

F7

F7

G7

C7

F7

F7

Solo Break

219

B7

Solos at "E"

At The Devil's Ball

220

Irving Berlin - 1913

A
B

I had a dream last night, - That filledme full

A7
B

Dev - il

be - low.

In his great

of fright: - I dreamt that I

big

fier-

was with the

hall,

F7
D

Dev- il was giv-

gaz- ing

ing a

Ball.

at

the mer-ry crowd

E7

must con- fess

to

you,

Where the

I checked my coat and

that came to

hat and

wit-ness the show.

A7

There were ma- ny there I

knew.

start-ed-

And I

At

the

E7

Dev-il's Ball,

pret-ty-

E7

A7

At the Dev-il's Ball,

and fat,

I saw thecute Mrs. Dev- il,so

A7

Dressed in

lit-

tle red

fire-

Dev-il's Ball,

D
A7

fun-ni-est dev-

il that

I ev-er saw,

of my moth-er

E7 A7

Oh! the lit - tle Dev - il,

E7

A7

I saw the

D7

Tak-ing the tick- ets from folks at the door,

in- law,

Danc-ing-

theDev-il's- Hall.

F7
B
E7
G

I caught a glimpse

He played the mu-sicat the

E7

In

man's hat.

Eph- re-ham,the lead-er man,wha led the band last Fall,

A7

221

A7

at the Dev-il's-

E7

A7

Danc-ing with the Dev-il,

Ball.

At

the

At The Jazz Band Ball

222
q = 180

Original Dixieland Jazz band - 1918

A Am

G7

A7

D7

G7

Am

D7

G7

B A7

D7

A7

D7

D7

D7

G7 C

D7

G7

A7

F
Fdim
C
A7

A7

G7

F Fdim
C
A7

D7

C
G7

Under The Bamboo Tree

223
Bob Cole - 1902

q = 164

A Bb

Cm

F7

Down in the jun - gles lived a maid,

D7

Bb

Gm

Cm

And ev - ry morn - ing

he would be

D7

a - wait - ing there his

B Bb

you like - a me

like

F7

I like - a say,

Bb

I love - a you

F7

One live

as two,

I like - a you

love - a

as one,

F7 Eb

bam - boo tree,

F7

and then to her he'd sing:

and

I like - a change your

if you

a love

un - der the bam - boo

If

we like - a both the

you true and

two live

love to see.

this ve - ry day,

and

Cm

C7

from Ma - ta - boo - loo

down un - der - neath a

up - on a Zu - lu

Gm

F7

Bb

F7

C7

a marked im - pres - sion once she made ,

Bb

F7 Eb

of roy - al blood though dusk - y shade.

Cm

same,

Bb

F7

name.

'Cause

me,

Bb

tree.

Darktown Strutter's Ball

224

Sheldon Brooks - 1917

A C

I've

got

some

We'll meet

G7

Dark - town
"ba - by

Ball.

It's

Dolls",

And each

D7

ver - y

swell

one

do

will

G7

there.

all the rest.

I'll

An ex - hi - bi - tion of the

G7

af
their

F7

E7

fair,

All the

best,

Just to

G7

wear my high silk hat and a frock tail coat,

You

And there'll be danc - ers from ev -'ry for - eign land,

The

clas - sic, buck and wing,

and the wood - en

dol - lar

in - vi - ta - tion to the

An

and your

bout it

hon - ey,

wear your Par - is gown

G7

E7

high - toned neigh - bors,

G7

good news

our

"high - browns"will be
out - class

D7

G7

new silk

shawl,

There

ain't

no

clog.

We'll

win

that

D7

babe,

We'll be the

best dressed in

prize

When we step

out

and

the

"Walk the

hall.
Dog".

G&7

doubt

a -

fif - ty

G7

I'll be

225

A7
D7
B C

down to get you in a tax - i hon - ey,You'd bet - ter be read

G7

Nowdear - ie

C/E
C
Dm7
G7

don't be

mem - ber when we

y a - bout half - past eight.

late

I want to

be there when the band starts play - ing, Re -

A7

D7

get there hon - ey, The two steps I'm goin'to have'em

B7

dance out both my shoes,

D7

When they play the"Jel-

G7

mor - row night at

the Dar - town Strut - ter's Ball.

Cdim

all.

A7

ly Roll Blues"

Dm7

Goin'to

To -

G7

I'll be

Japanese Sandman

226

Raymond Egan & Richard Whiting - 1920

A G

E7 F

E9

C9 D7

Won't youstrecth im - ag - i - na - tion for the mo - ment and come with me.

E7 F

C6 C7 A/D

hast - en to a na - tion ly - ing

o - ver the west

hind the cher -ry blos - soms here's a

D7

sight that will

Hide be-

please

B6

your

eyes.

G G7 C

D&7

Let us

sea.

C7

D7

There's a

ern

G7

ba - by with a la - dy of Ja - pan sing - ing lu - la - bies.

Night winds breathe her

sighs.

Here's the Jap- an-ese

227

B
G

Sand

E7

man,

Sneak-

ing in with the

G
D7

C
D7 G

Then you'll be a bit old-

bold-

A7
hand

er

mor

row

Just to start life a

G7

er

Trade him

man,

Here's the Jap- an-ese Sand

sil- ver for

trad - ing new days for

new.

D7

And you'll be a bit

D7

with the new day you make.

In the dawn when you wake,

man,

of the day that is

He will take ev-'ry sor- row

And he'll give you to-

Just an old sec-ond hand

F7

through,

dew.

He'll buy your old day from you.

A7

old.

C7

man,

Just an

old

D7

sec- ond

April Showers

228

Louis Silvers & Bud DeSylva

1921

A E7

Tho' A - pril

E7

Show - ers

E7

So if its

flo - wers

Bm

May.

They bring the

F7

that bloom in

may come your way,

rain - ing

have no re - grets,

B7

E7

Be - causeit

is - n't rain - ing rain you know,it's rain - ing vi - o - lets. And where you

E7

see

Bm

dils,

F7

song,

up - on the

clouds

when

hills,

you soon will see

look- ing for

B7

ev - er

A - pril

So keep on

F7

E7

Dm

blue - bird,

Sho - wers come a - long.

crowds

and

of daf - fo -

list -'ning for his

The Whiffenpoof Song

229

Tod B. Galloway - 1909

We're

poor

C7

gone

B D

lit-tle lambs

who have lost

Gen - tle - men song - sters

ter-

G7

such

ni-

as

F7

Off

E7

ty.

we,

C7

Baa!

Baa!

who have

on a spree,

Baa.

C&7

Doomed from here

Lord

Baa!

E7 D7

way.

C7

G7

tle black sheep

C7

Baa!

our

lit-

G7

stray,

We're

Baa!

a-

C7

C7

Baa!

C7

have

Baa!

mer-

cy

B6 F

Baa!

to e-

on

C7

Livery Stable Blues,

230

a la Muggsy Spanier

(Barnyard Blues)

Lopez & Nues, 1917

C7
F F7 Bb Bb
F

A
C&7
F

C7

C7

Break - 1 Bar

Bass Drum

F7

Bb

D7

G7

C7

1st time Only

Bass, Trombone, & Bass Dr

F7

Bb

D7

Last Time: To Coda

G7

C7

F
F C7 F

Trombone Gliss to "C"

Coda:

Bass Drum

C+7

Fine

Harmonize

Clarinet Break

231

Trombone

G7

Bb

Cornet "Horse Whinny"

C7

C7

1 X Only - Trombone

DF

Solos

F7

Bb7

D7

G7

C7

F C

Break: 3 Bars:

E F

Harmonize

Clarinet Break

Bb

Cornet "Horse Whinny"

Trombone

C7

D7

G7

C7

Back to "B" - Take CODA:

232

Somebody Stole My Gal

A F

F/G

C7

Gee but I'm lone - some,lone - some and blue,

D7

F/G C7

Leo Wood 1918

I've found out some - thing I nev - er knew.

G7

C7

I know now what it means to be sad,

D7

She on - ly left yes - ter - day,

B F

C7/G

C7

Some- bod- y stole my

For I've lost the best gal

G7

C7

Some - bo - dy stole her a - way.

C7

C&7

gal.

Some- bod- y stole my

D7
G7

I ev - er had.

Bass Pickups

C7barbreak

She did-n't ev- en,

say she was leav- in'.

A C7/G C7
C7
B7 A7

F
Gee!

bro-

ken

1. F

gal!

He's get- tin'now

I know that she,

so,

F7

would come to

G7

heart- ed,

D7

But

me,

C7

C7

know.

if she could see,

C7

G7

lone- some pal.

G7

pal.

The kis-ses I Iove

E7E7

G7

Some- bod-y came and took her a-way.

Some bod- y stole

gal!

B7

her

my

Somebody Stole My Gal

(Foxtrot Version)

Leo Wood - 1918

233

C7
C7
C&7
C7/G

Some- bod-y stole my

gal.

Some- bod-y stole my

Bass Pickups

F7

G7

C7

But

She did- n't

ev-

en,

The kis-ses

C7/G
so,

see,

her

bro-

C7

C&7

stole

my

1.

and

took her

say she was

leav-

in'.

C7
C&7

B
would come to

C7

ken

heart-

D7

a- way.

He's get- tin' now

G7

C7

I know that she,

Some bod- y

came

F7

Gee!

C7

love

G7

Some- bod- y

G7

D7

pal.

E7E7

G7

F
ed,

C7

lone-

F B7

gal!

know.

me,

G7

if she could

G7

some pal.

Beale St. Blues

234

C
G7
C
G7

C
G7
C

You'll

A C

see

pret - ty

see

Hog - Nose rest -'rants

Browns

Beale Street Could

tail

beau - ti - ful

in
and

Chit - lin

If

Beale Street could

talk,

or - mades and
that

tell

hand - me - downs.
by - gone days.

of

bags

men_would have_to pack their

Fm

pick - pock - ets

skilled,

Now just

sham,

bod - y

G7

hets

killed.

Je - ru - sa - lem.

You'll see
Mar - ried

talk,

C
C7

Gold - en

balls

And the

blind man

on

men,

plac - es, once plac

You'll see

And

es,

two,

Who

clos - es

e - nough to

'til

some -

pave the

the corner who sings these

G7

You'll

Beale

Street Blues..

If

You'll see

Ca - fe's,

bus' ness nev - er

2.

gowns,

Ex -cept one or

You'll meet hon - est

And

walk.

You'll find that

nev - er drink booze,

1.

and

C Dm
C G D7
G7

Jugs

New

C7

Well I'd

C7

rath - er

be

goin' to

the river,

rath - er

be

F7

Than an - y

here,

Than an - y

there,

Bb

I said I'd rath - er be there,

It's
gon - na
Be - cause the
New

C7

take
riv
York

For

to

make

me

go.

Beale Street's done

gone

dry.

Beale Street's paved

with

gold.

know.

bye

and

bye.

place

know

Than an - y place I know.

And there's a rea - son why:
Than an - y place I know

I said I'm goin' to the river,

Bbm

I'd rath - er be here,

place

May - be

235

the

ser

er's

wet

and

may

be

all right,but

F F7 Bb Bbm F

geant

E7 F7
f going back to "A"

Well I'm
I'd

236
q = 195

Stock Yard Strut

A Bb
Bb
C7
C7
F7

F7
Bb7
A7
Bb
F7

Bb

Bb7

C7

F7

C7

F7

Bb
Bb

B Bb
Bb

Bb

Bb

Bb

Bb
F7
F7
F7
F7

F7

F7

F7

F7

Bb Break
Bb

Bb
Bb

Bb

Bb7

Bb7

Eb

Eb

Edim

Edim

Bb

237

G7

F7
Bb
Bb

C7

C Bb

F7

F7

Bb

Gm

Bb

Bb

Bb

Bdim

F7 F7
F7
F7

F7
Bb

F7

Bb

Bb
Bb
Bb Bb7
Bb7

Eb

Eb

Edim

Edim

C7

F7

Bb

G7

Rhythm section plays charleston rhythm

Bb7 Bbdim

Ebm7 Bb

Bb7 Bbdim

Ebm7

Bb

On The Alamo

238

Isham Jones & Gus Kahn - 1922

A
E7 B7 G
E7
D7 E7 D

Where the moon swings low

E7

fair

A7

where ros-

F7

On the Al- a-

F7

F7 E7

es grow,

night,

In a gar-den

D7 E7 D

C7

In the ten-der light

E7

B7

A7

mo,

B7

I can hear her wan-

A7 Break

E7

der

of the sum-mer

to

and fro.

For she said I'll

B
E7 B7 G
E7
E7
D7 E7 D



wait

by the gar-den gate,

F7
F7

E7

so".

F7

And in all

E7

Where the moon swings low,

On the night I

my dreams

E7

On

it

A7

the

said

"I

G7

love

you

Al- a- mo.

A7

seems

go

When The Saints

A G

I am
Well I
Want to

land
help
ang

G#dim

Am7

num - ber

When

in

in

Cm7

Oh lord

the saints

go

march - ing
march - ing
march - ing

D7

march - ing

go march - ing

saints

D7

When the saints come

When the saints come
When the saints come

B
G

D7

Plod - ding thru

For thestrength
Want to play in

Gett - ing
read
I want to be
Want to
hear

sin;
win,
band,

ci - ty,
cess - ion,
blow - ing,

Cdim

Cdim

pil - grim
heav - en,
band,

D7

of
me
- el

a
wea - ry
each day
to
the heav'nly -

A7

just
pray
join

G7

239

y
in
the

G7

for
that
that
pro
trum - pets

in.
in.
in.

Oh when the

Oh when the

saints

go

G7

want

to

march - ing

in.

this
to
the

be

in

that

240

Some Sweet Day

q = 146

Tony Jackson - Ed Rose - Abe Olman - 1917

D/F

A7/E

D#
Em
A7 A& D D A7

Al - though it's spring the birds don't sing You're leav - ing

Dm
D

not the

first

time

F7

Bm

E7

my poor heart

F
A7/E
D#

D/F

win - ter

time you're good and

kind,

me

by

side,

But when

A7 A&

For - ev - er

my

A7

long for

me some - day,

But

E7

I'll

be

E7

A&

Em

dis - ap - pear, Don't ev - en say good - bye.

way.

A7

A7

It's

has been in pain this

Dm F A/E
F7
Bm
E7
A/E

sum - mer's near you

to - day.

far

a - way.

In

You're goin'to

'Cause when the

241

B
D D7

cold

A7

wind does blow

soon will

friends

A7

melt

D7/C E7/B

with its

ice

and its

E7

snow,

Then your heart

F
A7/E
D

for each sor -

row

D7/C

E7

time will prove

what I

I'll have mine

Some Sweet Day.

say.

D D7 D

A7

felt.

D7

turn a - way,

E7/B

I have

And when your

Now's your time,

A7

(Yes, Some Sweet

Day.)

Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider

242

Eddie Munson & Eddie Leonard - 1903

A F

A C7

In the re- gion where the ros- es

G7

C7

call my own,

B F

Red Breast gone to

love the best,

Lives a

dus- ky

maid I long to

C7

For I know my love for her will nev-er die;

seek their nests.

G7

D7

C7

Breath-ing out up-

sink- in' in that gold- en West,

C7

D7

When the sun is

al- ways bloom,

A C7

C7

C7

on the air their sweet per- fume,

C7

G7

C7

Lit- tle Rob- in

Then I sneak down to that place I

G7

C7

Ev-'ry ev'n-ing there a- lone I

sigh:

C&7

C7

I-

da,

Sweet as ap-ple

A7

G7

Seems tho',

A7

love

you

Come

out,

can't live with-out

I-

da,

I-

da,

G7

C7

'deed

Sweet- er

than all I

in the silv- 'ry

you,

C7

i-

dol-

do.

low.

C7

ize

moon-

light,

Lis- ten

G7

G7

so soft and

C7

per,

C7

D7

der,

of love we'll whis-

D F

ci-

D7

know.

243

Oh, Hon-ey

do!

ya,

C7

Solos at "C"

Someday Sweetheart

244

Spike Brothers & Carter - 1919

A G

You

E7

told me that

you loved me true,

E7
A

broke your vow

D7

me you'll sigh

be-lieved

in you.

A7

and now some-how-

and

it seems I'm al-ways blue.

G6

a- way.

and the days

that

You

But there'll come a day

When you're far

F7

You'll sit

A7

have gone

by.

a-lone

D7

and cry

for

Some- day Sweet-

D&7

heart,

A7

D7

done

D&7

gret

F7

did

C
G9

may

be

sor-

to

my

poor

us

drift

and

can't

see

will ev- er come to

sow

so shall you

some - day,

heart.

reap,

C7

sweet - heart.

bro-

ken,

a-

ry

for

D7/A

what you've

You

may

re-

The

D7

E7

made

vows you've

G D&7 G

weep

blues

D7

the

that

now,

A9

you

things you

F7 F7

245

part,

You're hap-

C6

how,

D7

the

wear-

you.

F7 F7 E7

dear, and what you

py

But

as

you

A7

reap will make you

D7

Some - day

Sweet -

'Til We Meet Again

246

A Gm

D7

Gm

F7 Bb

There's a
song in the land of the li - ly
Tho'good - bye means thebirth of a tear drop

Bb

D7

falls
trace

As a
When we

B Bb

sol - dier
meet in

boy
the

Smile the while you kiss me sad a - dieu

Eb

Then

Ebm

G7

the skies

C Bb

Wed - ding bells

Eb
Bb7

ry.

Bb

So wait

will seem more blue,

F7

sweet e - cho
tear blight - ing

This
The

F7

F7+

Bb

Bb7

C7

F7

down

F7

so mer - ri - ly,

Ebm Bb

When theclouds roll by I'll come to you.

will ring

whis - pers good - bye

af - ter - a - while

F7

Gm

Eachsweet - heart has heard with a

Hel - lo means the birth of a

C7

F7

O - ver high gar - den

walls
And the smile will
e - rase

sigh.
smile

1918

G7

in

F7

lov - ers land

Ev - 'ry

C7

F+7

tear

F7

my dear - ie

Bb

will

be

Bb

and pray each night for me,

'Til

we meet

a - gain.

a mem - o -

247

Just A Closer Walk

C

G7

G7

C7

G7

G7

G7

D7

After The Ball

248
q = 100

Charles K Harris - 1891

A Bb

F7

Begged

for

Why

are

Eb

Edim7

C Gm

Eb

Where

lit - tle maid

B B

Have

you

you

no

had

Edim

she

is

sto

sin

Bb

ba

en

ry

now

an

old

"Do

unc

D7

live

G7

C7

F7

bies,

pet,

have

you

Eb

F7

years,

C7

tears

man's knee,

why

sweet - heart,

Bb

climbed

gle,

D7

F7

Bb

- le please"

Gm

a - lone?

Bb

no home?

Bb

a - go;

you

will

soon

F7

know.

D Bb

List

to

the

so

Af - ter the ball

F7

is

Ma - ny

a heart

- less,

ver

- ing,

tell

it

C7

F7

ter

the

Af - ter thebreak

all.

G7

af - ter the stars

is break - ing

F7
B

I'll

af

F7

F7

A - ter the dan - cers leav

F B

G7

believed her faith

E B

ry,

D7

249

ball.

F7

of

are

morn,

gone.

C7

if you couldread them all

C7

Ma - ny the hopes that have van - ished

Af

F7

ter

the ball.

When The Midnight Choo-Choo

Leaves For Alabam'

250

Irving Berlin - 1912

I've had a

The minute

A F

that I reach the

place,

I'm goin'to ov- er- feed my

face,'Cause I

have n't had

good meal since the

day

C&

up my drear-y-

Pa and

The ver- y

key,

That opened

I went a- way.

C&

I'm

goin'to

G7

flat, Where ma- ny wear- ynights I

sat, Think-ing

of the folks down

a doz-en times for ev- 'ry

star, Shin- ing

o- ver Al-

Ma,

new mown

C7

me.

That is

hay.

I'll be

home who think of

G7

way. Now I'H

key,

I've had to pack my things a-

give the land-lord back his rust- y

ba- ma's

day,

C&

kiss my

might-y bu-sy-

C&

C7

sing-

ing

mer-

ri-

ly;

throw

my-

self

a-

way.

C7

a-

why you'll hear

me

glad

to

e- nough

When

that

B F

C7

mid-night choo-chooleaves for Al- a-

fare.

C7

by the col-lar

C F7

stop this train,

C7

When I

G7

bam',

I'll be right there,

C7

And I'll hol - ler,

That's takin'me home a-gain.

Where my hon- ey- lamb

C7

am.

man,

"Al- a-bam! Al- a-bam!"-

I've got my

see that dust-y haired con- duc- tor-

251

I'll grab him

That's where you

D7

Back home where I'll re- main,

I will be rightthere with bells,

A7

When that old con-

D
C7
F C7

duc-tor yells, "All a-board!

All a-board!

All a-board for Al- a-

bam'.When that

All The Girls Go Crazy

252

Stop Time-2 Bars:................................

Kid Ory

F
F
C

1916

G7

Stop Time-2 Bars:.........................................

C7
F F
F F
C

G7

C7

All the

Solos Begin Here

C
B F



girls

go

on

their

knees

say - in'

Hon - ey'bout the way I

walk

Craz - y 'bout the way I

walk.

knees

Sayin'"Ba -

C7

Yes, all

y 'bout the way that

plead - in'

The way that I walk

"Ba - by,"

C

-

craz - y'bout the way that I walk

craz

G7

Yes, they fall

walk,

Hon - ey 'bout the way

Craz - y 'bout the way

walk
walk

girls

go

on

their

G7

'Bout the way that I

"Ba - by,"

the

by,"

walk,

Say - in' "Ba - by,"

C7

They fall
On to "C" after last solo:

253

Chorus: 1st Time Soft:

F
C

G7
C
C7

G7

Climax Chorus: ad lib:

C7

G7

C
C7

G7

F7
C

254

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Gus Edwards & Edward Madden
1909

A D Ddim

A7

Ddim

is shin - ing thru the trees,

Place

park

scene

dark,

Sil - v'ry moon

Act

two,

scene

new,

Ros - es bloom - ing all

F7
B7
Em
Em

A7

Em7

Em

a - round the place.

A7

Em7

Cast

two,

me,

you,

Sound of kiss - es float - ing on thebreeze.

Cast

three,

you,

me

Preach - er with a sol - emn look - ing face.

Ddim

A7

Act

one,

be

Choir

sings,

bell

gun
rings

E7

A7

Dm6

Di - a - logue,"where woud you like to

Preach - er, "You

A
Fm
Bm

are

wed for

Bm7 E7 A7

spoon?"

My

cue,

with

you,

Un - der - neath the sil - v'ry moon.

more."

Act

two,

all

through,

Ev - r'y night the same en - core.

e - ver

By the

255

B
D

Light

of

A7

F7

soon,

Keep

a shin

Moon,

- in' in

Gm

Bm

will

bring

love's

dreams,

we'll

E7 D A7

B7

By

the sil - ve - ry

Moon.

B7

Your

be

cud

to

Em

Em

June,

E7

want

Ho - ney

tune;

B7

love's

D7

A7

croon

D#0

moon,

F7

sil - ve - ry

to my ho - ney I'll

beams

the

spoon,

E7

sil - v'ry

dl - ing

Ballin' The Jack

256

Chris Smith - 1913

A
A

Folks

in

B7

E7

Geor- gia's

It's being done

'bout to

at

on-

ly

now has got the craze,

It's

the

I'm

the

par-

ty

in-

That

is

why

rave

me

cre-

dit

Play some good

Rag

a-

B7

try

to

do

so!

or two,

A7

will show this
in

now

When

do you'll

say

that

it's

bear!

Once

a - gain

steps

to

you

I'll

show:

the

cie - ty

E7

that will make you prance;

the dance, Join right

new dance

done in mod-ern days,

it

to know a thing

so-

per- son who's to blame,

there,

All

it

E7

for spring-ing some-thing new;

all

bout

tro- duced

Since that

best dance

G
G7
D7

F7

the

Give

I'm

in- sane

down in Geor-gia came;

B A

go

all the ca- bar- ets,

G
G7 A7
D7

F7

F7

so!

F7

Give

me

cre-

dit

Old

folks, young folks,

lit- tle danceto

you,

while you got the chance,

G7

 A7

First you put your two knees close up

D7

sway'em to the right,

Twist

le

and

grace

a- round with

A7

lov - in' arms straight out in

A7

Swing your foot

F7

all

nice and light,

E7

Then you

your might,

Then you

space,

Then you sway'em to the left then you

Step a-round the floor kind of

a- round and twist

Stretch

tight,

D7

G7

E7

D A7

257

way 'round then

D7

do the Ea- gle Rock with sty-

E7

bring it

back,

A7

Now

Solos at "C"

that's

what

call

G7

"Ball-

in

the

Jack".

Bluin' The Blues

258
q = 120

Henry Ragas 1918

F
G7

C7

pp

A
C C7

F7
Ab7
C

D7

G7

B7

Bb7

A7

Ab7
C
C7

B C
pp

F7

D7

Ab7

G7

B7 Bb7

G7

A7

259

C C

Ab7

C7

Solos

pp

F7

Ab7

D C

F7

B7 Bb7

A7

G7

Ab7

G7

G7

C7

D7

G7

B7 Bb7 A7

G7

D7

C7

pp

In the Sweet By and By

260

Joseph Philbrick Webster

AG

1. Theres

land that is fair - er than day,

And

by

2. We

shall

sing on that beau - ti - ful shore

The

me - lo - di - oussongs of

the

3. To

our

We

will

trib - ute
of - fer our

of

bount - i - ful

D7

Fa - ther a - bove,

see
can

faith we

it

far;

For

the

Fa - ther waits o - ver the

way

To

pre

blessed;

And

our

praise

For

the

spir - its shall sor - row no

glor - i - ous gift
of His

more,
love

Not
And

a
the

pare

us

sigh
bless

for
ings

the
that

B G

D7

sweet

by

sweet

bless hal
dwell

D7

and

by,

by

by,

and

In

the

ing

place

there.

ing
low

of
our

rest.
days.

We shall meet on that beau - ti - ful shore;

D7

We shall meet on that beau - ti - ful shore.

In

the

261

Any Time

An - y

E7

blue,

A7
prove

An - y

time

B7

you,

want

1.

you.

me

back

G#0

D7

An - y

true.

So

an

- y

a - gain,

D7

E7

that's the

An - y

That will

E7

you're think - ing

time

D7

you're feel - ing

time

That's the

you feel down heart - ed,

me,

An - y

'bout

Cm

your love for me is

A7

A7

D7

you're feel - ing lon - ly,

time

A7

Herbert Lawson 1921

3
I'll be think - ing

time

E7

time

you

D7

time

2. G

you.

I'll

say

you

come back home

of

to

And They Called It Dixieland

262

Raymond Egan & Richard Whiting - 1916

They built a

G7

AC

A7
D7

lit- tle gar-den

for the rose,

And theycalledit Dix- ie-

sum- mer breeze to

A7

E7

keep the snows

A7

D7

land

of cot-

ton,from the

B C

took an

an- gel

G7

bit

of heav- en

D7

clo- ver to the hon- ey

twice as

nice

as

in the land,

comb,

Just as blue as blue can

And

then they

me.

She had a

be.

They put some

Andtaught my Mam - my how to use afry-ing pan.They made it

C E7 A7
D7
G7

Par- a- dise,

E7

G7

G7

And they gave her heart to

D7

fine spring chick - ens

Noth-ing was for-got- ten in the

A7

They built the

A7
D7

in her eyes,

land.

E7

from the skies,

D7

fin- est place I've known, When theybuilt myhome sweethome,

land. They built a

far a- way from Dix- ie-

And theycalled it

Dix- ie-

land.

Toot, Toot, Tootsie

263

Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito - 1922

A F

C7

Toot, Toot,

me,

B F

Kiss me,

B7

Toot - sie

Watch for

the

C7

ter

then

C7

Do it

o- ver

I'll

let-

nev-

you

er

know I'm

G7

Tut,

Tut,

Toot-

sie

don't

cry.

Toot, toot,

Toot - sie,

G7

that

C&7

words can tell how sad it makes me

and then,

The choo choo train

no

mail,

you don't get

C F

G7

a- way from you

G7 C&7

Good - Bye!

don't cry,

C7

takes

G7

Toot- sie,

Toot- sie,

C7

Toot, Toot,

G7

F9

a- gain.

Good - bye.

fail,

If

in

jail,

C7

C7

Ostrich Walk

264

Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1918

A7
D7
G D7


A7
D7
A E7

A E7 A7 D7

D7

A
G

G7

Cornet

D7

A7

Stop Time 4 bars

Trombone

A7

Clarinet

Trombone

1.
D7 G

A7

E7

2. G

C G

Break
D7 Break
G Break
G
G
D7

B G G

Break

D7

Break

Break
D7
G

G G

265

A7
D7

G D7

C
G

A7

Stop Time 4 bars

G Trombone

G7

Cornet

E7
G

D G A7
G E7
G

A7 D7

D7

Clarinet

A7

C Trombone

D7

D7

D7

D&7

sfz

D7

G
D7

Unison

G D&7

Missouri Waltz

266

A
G

Hush

G

Rest

D7

a - bye,

sigh

ba

is

call - in' where shad - ows

as

by.

days

long gone

Strum,

Hum,

strum,

hum,

tune;

The

fall - in' while the soft bree - zes

are

Way

down in Miss - our - i where I

I was a tin - y childup - on

When

A7

A7

Dm

my mom - my's knee; The

D7

and

low.

old folks were hum - min',their ban - jos werestrum - min'so - o sweet

B
Em

soon;

D7
G

heard this mel - o - dy.

G0
C

- my hums

com - in'

is

my breast while mom

D7

in

time

by, slum - ber

up - on

your head

D7

sand - man

A7

my

John Eppel & J.R. Shannon

1914

B7
Em

strum, strum,strum, seems I hear those ban - jo's play - in'once a - gain.

Em

hum, hum, hum, Tha - t same

B7

Em

old plaint - ive strain.

 Em

B7
C E

that mourn - ful

Hear

Em

B7

mel - o

A7

long,

D7

time

to

Dix

D7

old re - frain.

ie - land

in

a - gain with

dreams

seems like your mom - my was there once a - gain,

by,

Dix-ie it seems when youhear that old

Em

It just haunts you the wh - ole day

D7

Jour - ney back

same

B7

Hush - a - bye my ba - by, go to sleep on mom - my'sknee.

song.

dy,

and you wan - der in dreams back to

Em

Em

B7

267

me;

A7

D7
G

down in Miss - our -

the stars were blink - in' and the moon

G
Em
C

hear Mom - my Chloe, as

A7

in days long a - go, sing - in'

"Hush

i, where I learned this lull - a -

D7
G

when

and the old folks were strum - min. that

Way

It

was climb - in' high,

D7

bye."

and I

268

I Want To Do the Bear Cat Dance

Shelton Brooks (1913)

q = 164

A E7

Sa - die hall

Miss

went

to a

ball

one

D7

as she

en

tered

in the hall

all

Em

Eb

A7

the

Sa - die watched them

walked out

on

schol - ars

G/D

while

the

floor,

then

do

A7

the Bear

she

They were

D7

be - gan

Miss

A7

Cat Dance.

then thought she'd take a

Em

Just

A7

to

E7

June.

rag - time tune.

they played a

how

in

for

night

E7

teach - ing

balm - y

A7

chance.

So she

D7

to

roar,

269

B
D7
G

D7

I want to do it

E7


bear, its' a bear, but

G7

I want to do it

A7

I don't care

I want to do it

now!

A7

D7

want to do it an - y

It's a

how.

D7 G
D7 G
D7 G7

A7
D7
E7

That tune is snap - py

fess - or keep it up, keep it

It makes you hap - py

You feel you want to

up, keep it up,'cause I want to do the Bear Cat

dance! Oh pro

dance.

After You've Gone

270
q = 110 - 120

1916

G7

Now won't you list - en hon - ey while

G7

E7

goin' a - way?

Dm7

Don't

say that

G7

by's heart.

Em

A7

Loved you

Dm

see

my

How could you tell me that you're

Am7

we

G7

A7

C7

must part,

Don't you break your

G7

You know that I've loved you for these ma - ny years,

and

F7

C7

Am7

Oh hon - ey

Day

G7

Dm7

tears?

List - en

I say

both night

ba

G7

while

say.

ba - by can't you

271

B F

Fm6

Af - ter you've gone,

A7

there's no

Af - ter you've gone,

G9

You'll feel

C7

blue

now don't for - get it,

Dm7

Fm6

A7

Af - ter you've gone

sad

There'll come a

A9

when you'll re - gret it.

E7

Am7

When you grow lone - ly

had.

There'll come a time,

You'll feel

you'll miss the dear - est pal you've ev - er

Fm6

and left me cry - in'

de - ny - in'

time

Dm7

A7

Some

day

Cdim

Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me on - ly

Dm7

G7

Af - ter you've gone

C6

A - way.

C7

Solos at "B"

Dardanella

272

Felix Bernard & Johnny Black - 1919

D D D D

A D

Down

sighs,

will

By

She looks a -cross the seas and

eyes,

And weaves her love spell so si-

C7(b5)

ni -an

the Dar- da-nelles with glow-ing-

A7

Where Or- i- en-tal breez-es play,

There lives a lone-some maid Ar- me-

Soon

be-side the Dar-da- nel-la Bay,

A7

B
B

A7

re-

F7

ni-an.

shall re - turn to Turk- e- stan.

B7(b5)

E7

ask for her heart

and

hand.

A7 Break

Bass

A7
D

Oh,

sweet Dar-da- nel- la,

knows my love for you,

nel-

D
B7

la,

Oh,

To cap-ture-such a prize.

B7

tent

Oh,

My Or- i- en- tal,

D
A7

sweet Dar- da- nel-la,

in my

ha-

like

Pre-parethe wed-ding wine,

E7

the chil-dren-

of

There'll

We'll build

the

Or- i-

be

ent.

D
A7

sweet Dar- da- nel- la,

F7 G7 A

F7/A

rem when you're mine.

just

Dar-da-

Break 1 bar

oh hear my sigh,

G

one girl

Oh Al-lah

And he tells you to be true,

A7

D
D

a luck- y fel-low

I love your ha-rem eyes.

A7

I'm

E7

273

My star of love di- vine.

274

Down Yonder
L. Wolfe Gilbert - 1921

A F

G7

Rail- road train,

G7

Put

Hus-

G7

tle

Yearn- ing

Broth-

G7

er

lit-

You'd want

tle

steam on

G7

on,

Bus-

tle

for

my

Swan-

to

Rail- road train,

if

C7

you

hur-

ry

just

Hur-

like

on,

I've

on-

ly

up

nev-

C7

ee

shore,

ry

some more.

C7

er

got

be- fore.

the

blues.

C7

knew,

C7

too.

Down

F7

Down

C7

I seem to

C7

more and more,

C7

Ev- 'ry

day,

C F

C7

Down

Yon-der when the folks get the news,

There's dad-

D7

my,

dy

and mam-

der

or

ply grand.

won-der at the Hul- la- ba- loos.

C7

sim-

F7

Don't

G7

Wait- in' down yon-

my,

I miss you

Break 2 Bars

ry,

my land, You're

F7

Swan-ee shore

my mam-

F C7/G

mem- o-

G7

Be-tween the Natch-ez and the Rob-ert E. Lee.

yon-der some-one

see a race in

A7

reck-ons on me.

F7

yon-der some-one beck-ons to me,

275

There's Eph- raim

me.

and

Sam-

Chicago

276

Fred Fisher - 1922

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A
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C7
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Chi - ca - go,

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Chi- ca-

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ca-

go,

ca-

tod - dl' in' town,

That tod- dl'-in' town,

Chi-

go,

go,

I'll

G7

G7

show you a- round,

G7

C7

town that

B F

Bil- ly

G7

C7

G7

do

things

G7

ca

just want to say,

D7

C7

G7

saw

Chi - ca - go

C7

my

home

G7

The

C7

G7

C7

just want to say,

They

Say,

a man,

go,

ca-

On

love it,

down!

C7

Chi-

put

on Broad- way,

go

A7

they don't do

of their life,

go,

F/A F/A

Sun- day could not

State Street, that great street,

E7(b5)

in Chi- ca-

C7

Bet your bot-tom dol-lar you lose the blues

Chi-

They have the time the time

he danced

town!

with his

G7

wife,

In Chi-

C7

Baby Won't You Please Come Home

277
Clarence Williams and
Charles Warfield - 1919

A C

Eb

I've got the blues,

D7

G7

D7

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feel so

lone

E7 E7b5

Am E+

I could on - ly

make you un - der - stand.

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ly,

I'd give the world

Am7

D7

I'm goin'to tel - e - graph you ba

Am7

D7

when you're gone

I'm

G7

G#

G7

Am

lone.

I have tried

E7

When you left you broke my

vain,

G7

C Bb7b5

"cause your mam - ma's all

Ab9

you will hear me say,

G7

nev -3er no more to call your name.

Be -causeI nev - er thought we'd part.

A7

"Cause

Am7

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heart,

long.

A7

hour in the day,

all day

D7

in

wor - ry

home,

G#

D7

D7

Ba - by won't you please come

D7

Am7

grand.

As you won't you please come home,

A7

all for - lorn,

B C E7

by,

It sure - ly would be

Eb
D7
G7
C7

if

G7

D7

G7

Ba - by won't you please come

home.

Ev -'ry

278

When You Wore A Tulip

Percy Wenrich & Jack Mahoney - 1914

A C

G7

sun

met you

was

kissed you

G7

in

shin - ing

down,

you

wore

as

you

pinned

D7

yel - low

not changed your

yet

placed a

coat

you

old Ken - tuck - y

my

love

an

on

in

D7

gar - den

has

D7

rose

so

rare.

can't for - get

the

your

in

just

town,

The

gown.

lov - li - ness, you're

ging - han

tu - lip

G7

Up -

hair,

Time

as sweet to

days that used

to

A7

me,

G7

be.

When

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you wore

tul-

ip,

You made

down where

A7

sweet- er

G7

ca - ressed me,

bless - ing

C C

red

wore

life

'twas

no

one

big

then Heav

you called

ip,

and

A7

en

blessed me, what

the

blue

grass

grows,

than

jul-

ep,

when

red

D7

you wore

rose.

me

dear- ie,

Your

lips

were

that

tul-

ip

'twas

C7

E7

big

tul-

knows.

when

C7

rose,

low

G7

cheer- y,

C7

sweet yel-

When you

D7

wore

279

and

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Ain't We Got Fun

q = 185

A F

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C7

F7

Bill col - lec - tors gath - er

C7

'Round an

rath - er

cot - tage next

Haunt the

E7

Men the gro - cer and butch - er sent

door.

Kahn & Egan Whiting

1921

Men who call for the rent.

E7
A
D9/A

in

hap - py

chap - py And his

bride of

on - ly

C E A7 C

A
D A7
D D7 G7

be

so cheer - ful

Here's an

ear - ful

Of the chat - ter you

year,

But with

A7

Seem to

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hear.

C7

Ev -'ry morn - ing,

Ev -'ry eve - ning,

Oh, but hon - ey

Ain't we got

F

We have'nt a

E - ven

C7

Tax

we

owe

the

get - ting

A7

There's noth - ing

sur

In the mean - time

way,

dear.

C7

dear,

Am C7

gro - cer

Not much mon - ey,

fun!

The rent's un - paid,

fun!

But an - y

car,

Bb

Am
E7

col - lec - tor's

Bb

if

F7

C7

Ain't we got

281

We'll stay as we

Don't

clos - er

Still

are,

we

have

fun?

we

have

F7

fun!

Dm
E7 F Bb C7
Gm

er,

the rich get rich and the poor get poor - er

D7

in be - tween time

C7

Ain't We Got

Fun!

If You Were The Only

Girl In The World

282

Clifford & Nat Ayer - 1916

AD

B7

you were the on-

ly

If

D F

E7 A7

G&/D

would

on

lov-ing

in

E7

A7

A7/E

be

such

won-

on-

ly

der-ful

der-ful

B7

the

on-

ly

boy.

day.

A7

way.

our joy.

things to do,

girl

in

the

to-

things to you,

ly

A6

A7

were

such won-

A&7/F D/F

E7

the world

old

were the on-

Withnoth- ing to mar

would say

were the

in the same

E - den just made for two,

E7 A7 B

E7

A&7
D

gar- den of

you

And

A7

D B7

C
E

in the world,

We could go

There

girl

Noth- ing else would mat- ter

A7

boy,

E7

E7

If

B&

B7

world,

and

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D

D7

G/D
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G/D
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26

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32

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Over in the Glory Land

286

A C

q = 200

I've a
What a
Now if

And
And
You

I
with
just

side,
be,
too,

B C

17

Glor

31

Glor

ver

in

that

ver

in

that

Land.

G7

Glor

I'm

sing

in'

in that

ver in that

ver

in

that

Glor

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vior's
ver
in'

ver

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com

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Yes,

my
for
I'm

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by
there
that

G7

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Land,

C7

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O - ver in that Glor

Glor

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C7

be
saved
all

G7

Land,

to
dred
them

36

long
kin
tell

er in that Glor

23

where thesaints a - bide,

that my Lord I'll
see,
be - fore I
do,

12

Ov

home pre pared

joy - ful thought
you get there

James Acuff and Emmett Dean