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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
Are You From Dixie 297
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
Bugle Call Rag 186
By The Light of the Silvery Moon .................. 254
Careless Love ...... 182
Carolina In The Morning 288
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 Aint Got Nobody . 294
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 Shade of the Old Apple Tree 296
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 Gal Sal .. 290
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
Shim-Me-Sha Wabble . 291
Shoot Em 283
Singin' The Blues .................................................... 155
Sister Kate ............................................................... 176
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
Weary Blues . 287
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
You Made Me Love You .. 292
Youve Got To See Your Mama Evry Night ......... 52

Horn in F

12th Street Rag

F7

F7

F7

A B

Euday L. Bowman - 1914

F7

F7

C7

B B

F7

F7

F7

F7

F7

F7

F7

F7

C7 F7

B7

E7

B Standard Doo Wack-a-doo chorus F7

Back to top with Intro

Etc

Hindustan
Oliver Wallace & Harold Weeks 1918

q = 185

A G

Cam - el trap - pings

Sing

ring

gle,

A7

- ing,

mem - o -ries are bring

ing,

tin

Un - der - neath the stars.

- ing,

call - ing me

gle,

A7

Tem - ple bells are

D7

A7

Harp strings sweet - ly

D&7

With a sweet voice mingle,

jin

a - far.

BG

Hin

du

rest

pea - cock

G

G7

pur - ple

sun - bird

A9

-

met

her

stan,

and

stan,

flahsed

a - cross

du

D7

the

world

be

the

the

where

the

sand,

Cm

Cm

stan

D7

where

fan

we

A9

A7

G7

Hin

du

D+

where

D7

D7

D7

proud - ly spreads his

D7
- van,

D+7

Hin

du

D7

paint - ed

car - a

tir - ed

our

D7

Hin

D7

D7

stan,

Ddim

stopped to

D+

gan.

where

Indiana

q = 200

A C

al - ways been a

have

Yet

Fm6

G7

me

G7

wand - 'rer

a moon - beam on the wa - ter

Dm

vis

gain

seem

D7

Casts

ion

fair

to

and

sea

D7

a spell o'er

see

Dm7

G7

be,

Dm

C#

Fm

O - ver land

C7

Back home a -

C B7 Bb7 A7

D7

gain

G7

seems

in

in - di

C7

G7

that

D7

can

A7

D7

D7

Bb7 A7

C C B7

E7

fields

Am7

sends

all

its

fra

E7

used

to

A7

Wa - bash,

for

Am

Am

roam.

then I

long

still

G7

The new - mown

me.

D7

grance

From

the

E7

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

G7

(G7)

for my

it

G7

D7

hay

syc - a - mores

thru the

And

can - dle light

na

the gleam - ing

see

shin - ing bright

In - di - an - a

home.

Suez

Ferdie Grofe/Peter DeRose - 1922

Rhythm Vamp 4 bars

B

A7

A7

B D

A7

A7

Rhythm Vamp

A7

Rhythm Vamp:

A7

A7

A7

A7

A7

A D

A7
A7
D

C7

Solos Here
C F
E&

D F7

G7

D7

D7

C7

C7

C7

G7

G7

D7

E&

A7

D7

G7

F7

E&

Afghanistan

William Wilander & Harry Donelly - 1920

A C

F/C

In the land of Af- ghan- is-

C7

tan,

B7

In

by

Af-

the

'Cross

o-

a-

B7

the

tan,

des - ert

There will be a bri- dal

Wait- ing

B7

G7/B

sis,

for

you,

sand,

we

F7

B7

day for you,my i-

will

dol,

in

B7

to

her.

E/G E/G

There's

way.

a-

his dreams he's call- ing

G7

fair

G7/B

B7

F7 B7

B7

In

ghan- is-

stole his Hin-du maid-en

to love her.

day,

Hin-du man is lone- ly and blue.

B7

one

F/C

that he was the

C7

man.

G7 Break

her

But there came an-oth-er one

C Break

She swore by the stars up a - bove

There's a Hin-du maid and a

car- a-

van

Break - Unison 1 bar

And for you on-

D7/F

find a

Af- ghan- is-

ly.

tem- ple,

tan.

9
Schonberger - Coburn,
V. Rose - 1920

Whispering
A B

F7

Hon - ey I have some - thing

to.

D7

F7

to

tell

Put your lit - tle

So that

C7

to

A7

G&7

G7

hear

F7

me,

C B

whis-

me,

know it's

G&7

grieve

me,

tle

one

dear, but

leave

me,

Whis-

me,

Whis- per- ing that

C7

F7

A7

shoul

so no one can

F7

whis- per seems to

G7

C7

true, there's no

why you'll nev- er

F7

my

Whis - per- ing

per- ing

F7

lieve

lit-

why you'll nev- er

Each

F7 C7

head on

me,

C7

you.

Whis- per- ing while you cud-dle near

whis - per

can

A7

G7

F7

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

you

D7

der,

B B

you,

Whis-

per and

love

you.

cheer

F&7

You're

per- ing

say that you

be-

Eccentric

10

C
C

A F

D7

G7

C7

J. Russell Robinson - 1921

G7

G7

C7

C7

C7
3

F
C7
F
C7
F
F7

B B F7 B

C7
F

B F7 B
F7 B

F7

D7

G

F7 B

F7

Solos:
C7

11

Solos Begin Here first time

C
G7
F

C7

C7

F
G7

C7
3

F
F
C7
F
C7

After last solo play "C" as

written then on to "D"

G7
C7
F

D F

F
G7
C7

A7

A7

G7
C7

Tag

G7
C7
F

pp

Margie

12
q = 160

Con Conrad & J. Russel Robinson

AC

You

G7

can

talk

a - bout your

Dm7

love af - fairs,

G7

one

must

Here's

Dm

All

tell

to

A7

night

long they

sit

up

He holds her

close and starts to

you;

Dm

Bb7

- on the stairs,

D7

G7

coo:

A7

G7

My

lit - tle

13

BC

Mar

gie,

Don't

for

D7

B7

B7

get

your

have

bought

G7

Days

to

are

nev

er

ring

all

is

said

and

done,

There

is

G7

gie,

Mar - gie

you,

C+7

it's

you."

in - spir - a - tion,

my

real - ly

ev - 'ry - thing, For

and

C7

you

Af - ter

blue.

Dm7

love

me,

Mar

world

break

You've been

C7

gie,

of

E7

home and

the

prom - ise

A7

D7

tell

think - ing

I'll

C C

Mar

C+7

al - ways

I'm

Mar

gie,

C7

B7

Bb7

A7

on - ly

one,

Oh!

G7

"My

lit - tle

Mandy

14

A F

I was stroll - ing out one

hear some bo - dy

G7

word

G7

- na - ding

'neath the silv' -ry

ing

a fa - mil - iar

tune.

want - ed to

some

- thing like

this.

dy,

C7

here's the ring for your

fing

- er

Oh

now

F7

D7

If we'd let him make a

I could

C7

han -

moon.

It was just some - bod - y

C7

there's a min - is -ter

So Istopped a while to

C7

miss.

dy,

G7

han - dy,

C7

Man -

ser - e

Not a

C7

lis - ten,

even

sing - ing

Irving Berlin - 1918

fee.

and it sure would be

So don't you

D7

ling - er

G7

C7

is - n't it

a hum - ding -

G7

er?

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

and me.

15

Oh!
A F

Byron Gay/Arnold Johnson - 1919

C7

C7

G7

Break: 2 Bars

G7

C7

3
3
3

C7

3
C7

F7

C7

F F& F6 F&

1.

2. F

Panama

16

William H Tyres - 1913

A
F7
B

F7

G7

C7

B E

B7

B7

C7

F7

B B7

2.

E&7

G7
B
C7
F7

1. B

G7

F7

B7

F7

F7

F7

F7

B7

B7

B7

D7

17

B7

D E

B7

B7

E E

B7

1.

B7 E
B7

E7

2.B7

B7

E7

B7

B7

pp
ff

B7

B7

E
B7
E

The Pearls

18

Jelly Roll Morton - 1919

A7



B

A
D

E B7 E
E7
A7
B7

B7

E B7

D7

G7

F7
B7
D

E7

D7

Break - 2 bars

E7

A7

A7

G7

D
A7
D

D7
D
D7

3
3

C Tuba Only

D7

All

G7

A7

A7

D7

D7

19

B7

D F7 B A

B7

E7

A7

G A

D7

G7

D Tuba only

All

E7

D7
3

E7

A7

D7

D7
3

D7

Tuba Only

G9

20

Swanee

A C

Swan

C&

ee

G7

Swan - ee.

G7

folks

I'd give the world

D7

B G7

Swan - ee,

Swan - ee.

the

love the

Wait - in' for me

old

folks

will

shore.

G7

am com ing back

G7

The folks up north

G7

D7

a - mong the

Swan - ee,

- my's

Swan - ee,

Swan - ee.

G7

old

G7

F7 G7

dear

by

C&

When I get to that Swan - ee

more,

G7

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

be

in

Pray - in' for me Down

to

G7

G7

My

G9

C&

see me no

D7

How I love you How I love you

Gorge Gershwin - 1919

to

Swan - ee,

at home.

A7 G7 C

21

Stumbling

Zez Confrey - 1922

A D

D7

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

E7

Stumb-ling here and there, Stum-bling

E7

ev- 'ry- where, And

on her toes,

E7

felt

a- shamed.

E7

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

bling,

E7

And told her:

D7

B7

hon-

ey,

She said:Stop mum-

tho' you are stum-

A7

bling,

lit- tle bit, quite a lit- tle

just a lit- tle bit, just a

ny,

A7

G6

fun-

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

And when she bumped my nose,

fell and when I rose,

B D

so

I must de- clare:

A7

I stepped right

B7

bit.

like

it

22

San

Bass Intro

A A

E7

San

One

day the queen came home,

at

sad

Told

queen
San

e-

sad

the

Saw

San

in

Bu-

who'd gone ashe would a

way.
dore.

la-

may,

the shore.

To

roam.

E7

frain

E7

On

him she'd no more

on

F7

re-

Sat

the shore,

E7

may,

E7

ing

E7

gal

Bu- la-

ness on

Sing

Sen-

shore

King

of

McPhail/Michels - 1920

On

E7

A F7

This was his

lay:

Then came his

lore:

his

dear

ly

her

E7

G7

23

A7

F7

G7

My dar-ling Lo - na,

na,

way?

Oh, sweet-heart Lo-

A7

Why have you gone

a-

Have you comeback

to

A7

You said you

D7 G7

loved

me,

But
I

stay?

A7

D7

loved

me

loved

me,

If

had

C7

done would be

Why did

D C

the

knew you

you

act

knew you'd come

C7

this

way?-

some

day.

A7

ev- er been un-

true

A7

thing

to

to

you

What you have

A7

But my heart aches,

do.

But now you're mine

A7

you

G7

if

And it will break dear,

For all the time dear.

D7

If

G7

you don'tcome back

And you're for - giv - en

F7

home a - gain

to San.

by your lov - ing San.

dear,
dear,

G7

24

Sensation

q = 180

A F

Dm

Gm

C7

1917

D7

1. G7

2. Gm

C7

B Bb

F7

G7

C7

F7

Bb

C7

Cm7

F7

Bb

C7

F7

G7

Bb

Bb7

C Eb Ab

Eb Ab

F7

Bb7

Eb

Bb7

Eb

Ab

Eb Ab

F7

Eb

Eb

Cdim

Bb

Ab

Eb

Ab

F7

Bb7

Back to B

1. Eb

Bb7

2.Eb

Bb7

At a Georgia Camp Meeting

25

2 bars unison w/ Clarinet trill

C7

F7

Bb

G7

C7

F C7

F7

Bb

C7

2 bars unison

B C7

C7

Ddim

C7

Fine

F7

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

Bb

Bdim

D7

G7

C7

26

Rock a Bye Your Baby

Jean Schwartz - 1918

A G

Mam-my

Mam-my

D7

way,

F7

Your roll- in' stone is

D7/A

D7

there to stay.

a-

mine,

F7

way.

home to-day,

sign.

Your lit- tle roll- in'stone that rolled

D&7

strolled a-

D7

mine,

D7

D7/A

Just to see your smil- in' face,

F7

When I'm in your fond em- brace,

A7

Smile a wel-come

Lis-ten Mam-my

roll - in'

D7

mine:

B G

D7

Rock-A - Bye Your Ba-by With

D7

croon a tune

D7

from Vir- gin-

C G

Weep no more my

Dix- ie Mel- o-

A7

from the heart

of

D7

Dix-

ia,

when you croon,

D7

ie.

Just hang my cra- dle,

E7

A7

Right on that Mas- on-

D7

dy,

Mam-my mine,

A7

D7

Dix-on Line,

And swing it

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

D7
G

la-dy, sing

that song a- gain for

27

me,

ya'

D7

And Old Black Joe,

E7
D7 C7 B7
A

just as though you had

A7

me on yourknee.

The min- ute that you sing the Swan-ee

E7

rock- a- bye ba-

by with

A7

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

Riv-

Dix-

ie

er,

er,

D7

mel- o-

Rock-

dy.

a-

bye

your

That's A 'Plenty

28

Lew Pollack / Ray Gilbert 1914

A Am

E7

E7

Am

Am

E7

B G7

Am

2 bar break

G7

C# G7

G7

C7

C Am

E7

Am

Bass

E7

A7

D7

G7

Am

bass

E7

E7

Bass

Bass

Am

C7

D F

29
G7
C7

E7Eb7 D7

F F
Gmi7

G7

C7

E A

E7 Eb7 D7

C7

cornet,clarinet

trombone, bass
C7

F solo here
F
E7 Eb7 D7

G7
C7
F F
Gmi
C7
F

G F
E7 Eb7
D7

G7

HF

C7

C7

Bb7

C7

continue after last solo

FINE
C

C7

G7

D7

Gmi7

C7

30

Just a Little While to Stay Here

A Eb

q = 160

Just a

lit - tle while

Soon this life will

Eb

Eb

Eb7

all

Ab

Eb

to

stay

here,

be

ver,

Ab

will

Abm
to

end.

Soon we'll take our

hev'n

- ly

F7

bor,

in

the path that's

ney,

Be

at home

B Eb

Eb

Just

Heav - en's gates are stand - ing

Eb

Eb7

F7

march - ing
All

Bb7

thru

the

Pearl

the beaut - ies

there

go march - ing

Some sweet day we'll

there.

Abm

Then we'll all

state.

Wait - ing for our

pen,

Ab Eb

In this low and

Ab

straight,

all

go

Eb

Gate.

to

share.

sin - ful
en - trance

C7

Eb
-

Bb7

ble

friends.

jour

Eb

trou

with

la

Bb+7

and

Eb

Bb7

nar - row

a - gain

Ab

lit - tle more hard

Eb

while

And our trav - els here

lit - tle

to

Ab

Bb7

lit - tle while

Just a

Just

Ab Eb

wait

Cm7

Eb

ver
ver,

31

Flee As A Bird

Mary S.B. Dana - 1857

A A

E7

Flee as

a bird to your moun-

Wipe ev- 'ry fall- ing

to the clear flow-ing foun-

He will for-sake thee oh nev-

Fly

He

fly-

er.

his bos-om willbear

E7

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

D6

E7

thee,

Call and the Sav- iour will hear

thee.

ing,

Spend not the mo- ment in sigh-

ing.

ing,

E7

E7

A D

thee,

thou who art wea- ry- of sin.

Shel-tered so ten- der- ly there.

on

tear.

Where you may wash and be clean.

E7

Cease from your sor-row and cry-

tain,

for the aven - ger is near

E7

G7

Haste then, The hoursare

er,

Thou who art wea- ry of sin.

E7

Go

E7

tain,

He will pro-tect thee for- ev-

D7 F7

Thou who art wea- ry of sin.

The Sav-

iour will wipe ev-'ry tear,

E7 A

Oh

E7

The

I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody

None of My Jelly Roll

32

Clarence Williams & Spencer Williams - 1919

A F

C7

Lit

tle

Green from New Or leans,

Til ly

Green was real ly mean,

He

al - ways want ed lots of

kids

C7

a greed y

boy

was he.

ver - y

stin

gy, too.

and

G7

day his mom

bought him a

When her mom

bought her a

Toot

sie

jel ly

roll,

to

D7

lit

G7

none of my

Toot sie

Roll,

ain't gon na'give no

bod y

none of my

jel ly

roll.

would - n't give you

can - dy that was made.

hide

it

she would try.

C7

I
I

you'd hear Til ly cry:

bod y

tle Wil ly said:

ain't gon na'give no

C7

C7

When the kids be gan to hang a round,

One

to you.

C G7/D G7(b5)/C

When the kids would ask her for a bite,

thebest

Roll,

B F

just to keep him com pan - y.

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

C7

Wil ly

His sister

piece of my sweet,not to save your soul!

(Toot sic
(jel

ly

Rol!)

roll)

(save your soul!)

D7

33

G7

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;

G7

be a

good

If I'd

If I'd

Two Bar Break

boy, He'd

bring me

toy;

And I'm my Dad - dy's

be

good lit

tle

girl,

She might

and joy!

D7

You know there ain't no

in curls!

need

put

pride

my

hair

G7

in your just hang- in' a-round,

You

C7

(hang- -in'- a- round)

C7

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

A7

down.

F
D7

My Toot sic Roll is sweet!

And youknow it

can't be beat!

jel ly roll is sweet!

F/C

D7

G7

C7

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

Interlude to Second Verse

F
A
G7
C7

Back To "A"

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

G7

C7

34

Down Among The Sheltering Palms

I'm way

You're
G way

love

takes

down

east,

down

out

west, D7

you

be

east,

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

out

west,

six

days

to

soul is crav - ing,

G crav - ing for you,

D9And my

Just

you

know,

It

D7

so,

D7

go there with

D7

Abe Olman - 1914

a train, Just

one

with

you

gain.

week more

G7

long

to

be,

and I'll

35

A7

B C

Down

a-mong the shel- ter-ing palms,

D7

wait

Out

for me;

where

How

me

down by the

the

sun

goes

Oh hon- ey

old Gold- en Gate,

D9

G7

down

a-

my love

is

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

G7

bout

eight.

A7

Shel- ter- ing Palms,

A7

How

my heart

is

yearn- ing, yearn- ing, yearn- ing

wait for me;

D7

Meet

C C7

G7

Oh hon- ey

D7

Oh hon- ey

to

be

Down

D9

G9

wait

for

me.

A - mong

the

Washington and Lee Swing

36

T. Allen and M. Sheafe - 1910

q = 240

C7

C7

D7

C7

Bb

G7

F7

Bb

Joe Avery Blues

A F

C7

All Play Everytime

F

Solos start here

B7

1. C7

2. C7

C7

C F

F7

Joe Avery
37

F7

C7

Tag
F

C7

B7

C7

Solos start at "B"

38

Pretty Baby
F7

A B

Egbert Van Alstyne & Gus Kahn - 1916

B7

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

F7

Pret - ty

just

ba - by

C7

ba - by

stare,

I real - ly thought that I was pleas - ing

C7

You hate to have me call you

Ba - by;

you,

F7

B7

me.

to

Your

ba - by talk and ba - by walk and

G7

you,

for you're

F7

cun - ning lit - tle dim - ples and your

F7

Your

cur - ly

C7

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

hair,

be.

Your

F7

Ev' ry

39

B F7

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

F7

like

to

be

your

Ba

by,

sis

ter, broth er,

F7

Pret ty

Ba

A7

G7

by.

might as well be you,

Pret ty Ba by.

and moth - er

too,

C7

C7

And I'd

Pret

ty

Won't you come and let rne rock you in

And we'll cud dle all the

F7

dad

B7

cra dle of love,

F&

F7

F7

time.

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

F7

Pret ty

Ba

my

by

of

mine.

40

Bill Bailey

Hughie Cannon, 1902

A Am

On

sum - mer

one

morn - ing

la - dy

the

ho - ney of

old

was

shin - ing

fine.

The

Am

G0

hung clothes on

the

line

in

her back

ya

sun

E7

Bill Bail - ey she

G7

rd,

and

E7

weep - in'

ha

rd.

She

Am

married a

&O

like an

G0

round. And to that

brake - man

er - in'

Am

old

that

prune - fed

took

cro

and throwed her

calf and with

G7

- wd

She cried out

lou

Bell -

down.

E7

big

gang

hang - in'

d,

G7

41

B C

Won't

She

you

come

moans

Bill Bail - ley,

home

won't

G0

G7

you

come

the

whole

day

lo

- ng

home?

G7

I'll

do

cook - ing

the

ho - ney,

G7

done

you

know

'Mem - ber

I've

that

no - thing

but

know

I'm

to

fine

tooth

Bail - ley

won't

D7

G7

you

please

the

rent.

- ong

drove

you

A7

well

come

out,

with

comb.

A7

ain't

that

shame!

Dm

blame,

wr

D7

Fm

pay

- y eve that

rain

C7

I'll

G+

home

Bill

42

Frankie And Johnnie

C

G7

G7

Frank-ie went down

to the

swore to be true

to each

said to the fat

bar-

man,

He was my

man,

boy

lov-

B Eb

Bb7

Sand - man soon

while

will come,

theirwatch

Eb

Bud - dha smiles

on

you,

D9

they keep,

She

F7

wrong.

But he's done me

wrong".

Winfree/Boutelje - 1922

C B7 Bb7 A7

Close

your eyes

don't peep,

Eb

Bb7

Eb

soft - ly

hum.

Moon - man loves

But he done her

While

in- est man been here?

Fm

beer.

a- bove.

"Has my

D7

of

as the stars

ten- der,

go sleep,

They

true

Just as

oth- er,

Chi - na

China Boy

q = 160

G7

He was her

A C

Just for a buck- et

F7

D7

C C7

Oh, Lord-y how they could love!

cor- ner,

G7

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

Traditional

you too.

G7

Chi - na

boy

G7

So,

go

sleep.

43

Alice Blue Gown

In

A7

my

sweet

first

D7

wan - dered

and

A7

ev - 'ry

shop

man - ner

Am

E7

world seemed

Am

lit

down

in

to

town,

shy,

As

win - dow

I'd

smile

all

wore

it,

I'll

Cm

- lice

D+

primp, pass - ing

when I

E7
eye,

by;

was

D7

But

in

Then in

I'd

ev - 'ry

D7

felt

D7

Gown,

to

- tle

Blue

A7

A - lice

D7

wilt - ed

sweet

lit - tle

fash - ion

E7

of

Am

both proud

Harry Tierney & Joseph McCarthy

1919

B7

frown,

al - ways

D7

Blue

Gown.

E7

'Til

it

And the

round,

- dore

it,

My

Jazz Baby

44

M.K. Jerome & Blanche Merrill - 1918

A
G
D7
G

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

D7

cab-

a-

ret- er.

B E
B7

They met one day at

A7

syn- co- pa- ted wed-ding

D7

and then came

My mam-my was a rag-time

me.

tan- go

G7

tea,

Folks think

There was a

the way I

C7 A7
D7
C

walk is

a fad,

Jazz

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

G
D7
G

Ba-by,

want to be jazz- ing all the time.

I'm a

There's some-thing

G
A7
D7
D&

D7

in the tone of a sax- o- phone,

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

C
G7
C
G
C

Jazz

Ba-by,

Full of jazz-bo har- mo- ny.

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

G
G
D7
D&
G

A7

caused all the talk,

is

just a cop- y of the way I

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

45

Jazz

cra- dle went to

E7

tune of the "Tic-

To

D7

Ev-

er

since

me!

and

fro

to the

and fro,

A7

kle Toe".

by that's

sleep while the

Lit- tle Jazz Ba-

D7

Ba- by,

Rocked to

A7

start- ed

in

to grow,I'd

G
A7
C
G

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

all

ev-

A7

er knew,

All

day

long

D7

G

E

Jazz

I want

Ba- by,

nev-

er would

to do,

G D7

Play me

get thru.

after last solo play C to end

D7

Jazz, jazz, jazz,That's all

E7

a lit-tle jazz!

G7

Full of jazz-bo har- mo-

ny.

D&

'Cause I'm a

That

G
G

A7

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

is

just a

cop-y of theway I

D7 D&
G
A7
D7
G Solos at D
G

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

Ba-by,

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

46

Willie The Weeper

A Cm

G7

Cm

Gm

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

G7

chim - ney

Fm6

had

dream - in'

ha - bit

G7

G7

some - one shout - ed Will - ie

that knocked him

sil - ly.

Fm6

Right

and

he

had.

D7

turned

Gm

Cm

Cm

G7

light

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

bad,

G7

At the north pole

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

Cm

He

er

sweep

Cm

B Cm

Cm

had it

D7

a - round saw a

G7

be

Cm

G7

fore

him

in the ze - ro breeze,

cut - ie lit - tle ho - ney in her

B - V - D's

C Bb7

Eb

He walked a - round his feet were free -

Bb7

Fm F7

want it good

Bb

bis

cuits

Bb7

says I want my coff -

tell

me

Bb7

eight - een inch - es

Eb

Bb

weep

you'd

lock

er

Fm F7

Bb7

Fm

you could have

F7

all

C7

there's some - thing tells me

now

if

your dreams come true?

C7

want to have

long.

Eb

what would you do?

ee

Eb

Eb

strong

and

C7

son

C7

some - one said, hey cut - ie

Eb

Bet - ter list - en to rea -

zin',

47

Fm F7 Bb7

that

the

door

and

cry for

more.

Eb

like

will - ie

the

48

The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise

Eugene Lockhart & Ernest Seity - 1919

C&

A F

A7 Dear

B F

And

heav-C&

is

B world

on

high,

my

heart

F C D7

is

wait-

ing

F for

C7

His

is

call

'ry

rose

the

C&

A7

The

mate

is

call-

ing,

B6

dew.

sleep - y

with
F

Ev

G7

rise,

thrush

the

sunD7

one,

C&

C7

ing

you.

49

The Yama Yama Man

Collin Davis & Karl Hoschna - 1908

A F E/G

F/A

C7

'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

E/G

Some

big

But

that

Ev

C7

F/A

up your head,

G7

C7

Ya rna man they see,

when

off to bed they go.

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

C7
C7
F
F7
B F

Ya-

ma, Ya- ma,the

If

Ya- ma man,

Ter- ri-ble eyes

D7

May-be- he's hid-

G7

C7

a doubt, If

he

can!

C7

F7

Read - y to spring

in' be-hind the chair,

D7

Run to your Ma-

C7

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

and a long bo-ney hand.

ma cuz' herecomes the Ya-

ma

G7

out at you un- a-ware!

C7

Ya-

ma

man!

C7

50

Yellow Dog Blues

W.C Handy 1914

A G

E'er since Miss Su - san John - son lost her Jock - ey Lee, There has beenmuch ex - cite - ment,
Yel - low

G7

more to

be;

Ri - der took.

C7

B G

Ca - ble grams come of

sym - pa - thy
grow on

D7

Has

e - ven a

and

bog.

D7

Te - le - grams go

Is

like Old Back

an'

ru - ral

Down where the South - ern

de - lie - ver

cross the

in qui - ry

No

ev - 'ry where that

And

no grand - stand

of

cot - ton stalks it growns with ease,

trees, On

"Bam"

G7

C7

Let - ters come from down in

race horse, race track

morn.

Ea - sy Ri - der's gone?
South - ern cross the Dog.

Mon - ey don't 'xact - ly

ba - you, burg

night and

my
the

Ev -'ry cross - tie

Won - der where

Way down where

C7

C7

You can hear her moan - ing

D7

a book, In - deed I know the route that

Dis - trict like

Dog

Un - cle

Sam

Buck - shot

land.

D7

y.

All day the

Dog.

Ev - e - ry

51

C
G

phone

rings

But it's not

kit - chen there

While

the

our

A7


Ea

play.

mes - sage comes,

Yel - low
Dog

D C

far - mers

C7

Fdim

side door Pull man car.

Ea - sy

Ri - der's

G7

but the hike

cross the

D7 G7

Dear Sue your

and he was on the

hog.

C7
F7

a - way,

got a stay

Yel - low

south bound'ratt - ler

On a

Seen him here,

far.

to - day,

ain't

G7

G7

Eb7 F Fdim

struck this burg

This
This

C7
F7

G7

Ri - der

F7

from Ten - nes - see.

the live - long
day.

Blues

- sy

Down where the boll wev'l works

glee,

good ti - dings,

last

hearts with

At

a - ret,

for me,

a cab

is

Fill

G7

Dog.

had to vamp it

G7

He's

G7

so he

gone where the South - ern

Solos at "D"

G7

52

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

Billy Rose & Con Conrad - 1923

A F

Fdim

Fdim

Dadd - y

dear

Dadd - y

dear

list - en

here

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

when you're near

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

C7

Fdim

I don't see much of you,

and that will ne

but when you stay a - way

Fdim

Ma - ma's cheek

where you

go,

Needs a

Fdim

kiss or two.

G7

must

week

I must know,

F7 G7

I'm not show

I don't want

you

the door

but I

lay

down the

law.

share

my

with a - noth - er

tur - tle

dove

love

and what makes you gay.

Once a

I mope a - round all day.

ver do.

in'
to

You've got to

53

B
C7
F
F

see your ma - ma

ev - er - y night

or youcan't see your ma - ma at all

C7

Kiss your ma - ma and treat her right

or she won't be

You've go to

at home when you call

Now
Now

Bb
Bb7

com - pan - y
kind of man

if youwant my
I don't want the

can'tfif - ty
well you
fif - ty me you've gotto
who gives his love on the in - stal - ment plan,

C7

see your ma - ma

ev - er - y night

C F

C#

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

C7

Mon - day night

sat a - lone.

C#

C7

Tues - day night

you

did notphone

Gm7

C7
F
C#m7 C7 F

Wednes - day night you

did not call

C#

and Thurs - day night it was the same old stall

C7

Fri - day night

you dodged my path

Gm7

C#m7C7

C#

C7

Sat - ur - day

you

took yourbath

C7

Sun daynight youcalledon me butyou broughtthreegirls

forsome com pan y you'vegotto

54

Down in Honky-Tonk Town

Chris Smith & Charles McCarron - 1915

A B

A7

A7

B A7

ry place in

D7

nov- el- ty,

town.

We both will

go and do

straight from Mose,

down where the gals

some oth-er

the thing up

there is this place I hear,

It's Hon-ky Ton-

A7

A7(b5)

are brown. That's where the

mu-

brown!"

A7

who brings the clothes.

B A7

E D7

His sweet-tie said,"My Dear,

D7

A7

A7

D7

If you sug-gest to me,

"We've been to

B B

To his E - li- za May,

near-ly ev'-

Bill John-son said one day,

A7

I got it

ky Town,

D7

sic

grows.

55

C G

Come, Hon- ey,

A7

let's go

down

to Hon- ky

There'l! be

sing- ing

A7

danc - cin'

to

pi-

a-

no

D G

A7

stay a year,

danc-ing with a

sing- ing

played

by

all

the

syn-

co-

pa-

ters,

D7

Mis-

fun is found.

ter

Brown.

a- no queer,

A7

He on- ly plays by ear,

You want to

D7

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

D7

wait- ers,

He plays pi-

where

Ton-ky Town,

it's un- der- neath the ground,

D7

A7

don- key,

Down in Hon - key

D7

mon- key,

Ton - ky

Town.

56

Down in Jungle Town

Edward Madden and
Theodore Morse - 1908

Verse
A Dm

in Jun - gle

Down

E7

A7

Town,

C9

be - neath the

wagged his

noo - dle,

he

room for two

came out to

was Jun - gle

when he chat - teredYou're a pret - ty

with - out a

shy bab - oon

Mon - key Doo - dle

Big Bam - boo

thing

C7

So prom - ise you'll

She felt flat - tered

King,

moon;

the moon shines down

Soon

spoon

frown;

be

true!"

57

Chorus

G7

Down

moon

jun - gle

in

C7

town,

is com - ing

soon.

To

C F

mon - key

When

Gm7

F F

C7

maid,

that chim - pan - zee

A7

mon - key doo - dle - doo way Down In

I'll

in

the

be

G7

C7

gle

Town.

Jun

tree,

up

Sings that mel - o - dy.

ser - en -

C7

G7

C7

pret - ty

Then you'll hear

ade,

hon - ey -

C7

true

to

my

58

My Daddy Rocks Me
J. Berni Barbour - 1922

q = 100

Cm

Fm

Cm

I've got

Sweet - ie,

Eb

D7

He makes

me

hap

F7

got

a great big

G7

on his

knee,while

he rocks

Eb

chair, and

Gm/Eb

he's al - ways gay. I've

F7

ev - 'ry night you'll find us

D7/A

to a

Bb

me

Gm/D

I'm glad to say

rock - ing

so sweet to me.

Bb

Cm/c

no one could be

py.

Cm

Gm

Ab6

rock - y

Fm/Ab

mel - o - dy.

there.

I'm

Cm/G

My ba - by

59

Cm Cm/Bb Cm/Ab

Cm

with one stead - y

rocks me

Ab7

G7

with all his heart and soul.

roll.

Cm/G

Fm

Cm

Fm

G7 Cm/c

G7 Cm

Cm

Cm Cm7/Bb

My ba - by rocks me

We'll al - ways spoonwhile the

Wrap'd in

a blank

et

of

Most ev' - ry eve - ning at

Talk

Dm7

G7

Cm

Cm7/Bb A

Fm/Ab

G7

Dm7/A G7/B Cm Cm/Bb

lights are low.

He hates to

leave me 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 the world is

birch can - oes,

You need a

Cm/Ab

G7

with one stead - y

a - bout row - boats and

Cm

roll.

My ba - by rocks me

mine.

chair to rock a - way your blues.

D G7

Cm

roll.

G7

Cm

60

There'll Be Some Changes Made

Higgins/Overstreet - 1921

A F

G7

They say don't change the old

G7

nev - er

C7

C7

for the

new,

But I've found outthat thiswill

A7

do.

When you grow old

G7

you

don't last

C7 C&

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

G7

years gone

G7

He

on

C7

F7

I'm

I loved a man for ma-ny

go - in'g

that would

E7

nev - er

long;

F&

made some chang - es

I thought his love for me would nev - er

by,

do,

G13

G7

C7

B6

C7

to

make

some

changes

too.

die.

A9

A7

from now

For there's

61

D7

change in

the

weath

er there's a

change in

G7

D7

a change in

C7

Noth in' a bout me is goin' to

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

G7

My walk will be dif 'rent, my talk

me,

D7

strut my stuff,

D7

same, I'm goin' to

Then I'll change the way that I

D7

you when you're old and gray,

G7

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

G7

no- bod- y wants

be the

A7

'cause

C7

sea,

the

G7

and my name,

G7

A7

so from now on there'll be

C7

There'll Be Some Chan-ges Made.

62

Creole Belles
F

G7

D7

C7

G7

1.

G7

C7

D7

G7

A7

B7

C7

G#7

C7

C7

G7

G7

1900

D7

2.

G7

C7

G.

63

Interlude

C7

My

C7

ba
dar

by
lin'

D F

G7

D7

my Cre - ole Belle

my Cre - ole Belle.

well
mine,

Belle.
Belle.

dar - lin'
lit - tle

C7

G7

G.

my
my

C7

Cre - ole
Cre - ole

my
my

I love her
I'll call her

C7

cre - ole belle

When stars shine

My lit - tle dar - lin'

my dar - lin' ba - by

Bb

NC

My Cre - ole
When stars

C7

I love her well

I'll call her mine,

F7

C Bb

Belle
shine

C7

C7

G7

C7

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

Skeleton Jangle

64
q = 182

Eb

Bb7

Bb7

Bb7

Bass

A Eb

Bb7

C7

Eb

Bb7

F7

Bb7

Fm

Eb

Bb7

F7

Bb

B G7

Bb7

Ab C7

F7

G7

C7

Bb7

Fm

Bb7

Eb7

C7

Eb

Nick LaRocca - 1918

Eb

Bb

F7

C7

Bb7

Eb

Break

G7

C7

F7

Eb

Unison for 2 bars

G7

Bb7

65

C7

F7
Bb7
Eb Unison 2 Bars

D G7

C7

F7

Bb7

Eb

Bb7/F

G7

C7

F7

Bb7

Eb

Bb7

Eb

Bb7

Eb

66

Kassel and Berton - 1922

Sobbin' Blues

q = 164

G+

G+

G+

G+

mf

pp

mf

AC

Fm

F7

Gm6

A7

D7

mf

C7

pp

G7

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

G7

B C

G7

F7 E7 Eb7

D7

Swing

C7

G7

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

C G7

G7

F7 E7 Eb7 D7

C C

G+

G+

G7

G+

G7

Repeat only for Solos

G+

mf

C7

pp

F7

Swing

mf

D C

pp

F7

F7

G7

F7

F7

G7

Solos on "B" & "C" Section:

After last solo play to bottom.

68

Hesitating Blues
W.C. Handy - 1915

A C

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

C/G

G#

Am

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

long
long
long

G7

G7

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

B F

I have
I have
I have

will
will
do

D7

What you say can't

I
de - clined him
wo - man,
I
had

C/G G#

Am

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

wires all down. Tell me how long

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

to wait?
to wait?
to wait?

F7

C7

A storm
He left
make
She

to that
py if his
and

Why do you hes - i - tate?

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

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

will
will
do

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

G7

D7

put

I'd

be his,

left

me

Bb

"one stitch in time

The Hes - i - ta - ting

Blues.

Bb7

a - lone

Left

F7

Bb

And I'd be feel - ing gay.

lose.

My best friend's gone a

C7

F7

And if you

He'd be mine,

togrieve and pine,

F7

C7

Pro - cras - ti -

Some - bod - y's bound to

69

C7

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

off,

So all the wise owls say,

may save nine",

the thief of time,

C7

F7

Why do you hes i - tate?

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

na - tion is

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

C F

G7

way,

He's gone and

Grizzly Bear Rag

70

George Botsford - 1910

A7

D7

G7

Bass
AC

G7

A7

D7

G7 Break

G7

D7

B G7

G7

A7

G7

G7

G7

71

CC

G7

Fine
C

A7

D7

G7

G7

D7

F7

D7

D

C C7

G7

F7 D7

Stop time as Marked

C7

C7

Break

G7

G7

G7

A7

D7

1.

C7

2.

Break

Back to "B" - Play to Fine

72

He May Be Your Man

(But He Comes To See Me Sometimes)
Lemuel Fowler - 1922

A Bb

Bb

C7

F7

Bb Eb7

Bb

F7

Bb

F7

Miss
Miss

Bb

Bb7

Eb

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

Bb

G7

C7

an - y - where
out at night

Bb

had
a
beau
Moon - shine Hall,

F7

Bb

Bb

she loved him night

where ev - 'ry - bod-

C7

C7

and
y'd

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

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

F7

F7

but Min - nie on Min - nie said "I

ly sighed,
will tell

then
you

she
at

F7

Poor Sa - die near - ly dies,

Lu - dy was mad as well,

Snow,
ball,

Un - til Min - nie

Was Miss Min - nie,

day.
go,

F7

Now Sa - die
Down at the

Bb7

She would al - ways strut her stuff.

They would al - ways dis - a - gree.

F7

An - y - time and
When her man went

quiterough.
could be.

F7

Bb

F7

I
heard her
now
so you'll

say:
know"

He

Bb

C7

may

F7

Eb

Eb7

And when he's with you he's

D7

F7

Bb

that is

al - ways got me on

ture,

But

C7

F7

Bb

gon - na take him for my

Bb

may

Bb

Eb

I love you man and I'm

G7

own,

my own.

I
I'm

just
just

want,
right

man from you.

Bb7

but
'cause

F7

Bb

D7

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

Eb

Bb

his mind.

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

C7

73

I can cert' nly take you

My wick - ed smile,

Eb7

Gm

F7

C Bb

some - times.

be your man but he comes to see me

vam - pire

Bb7

ain't no

Bb

C7

I don't mean,
Ain't no need

F7

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

to
to

get
do

you
my

told,
stuff

be your man but he comes to see me

Bb

some - times.

Eb7

Bb

F+

He

F7

74

Satanic Blues
F

F7

Bb

Bbm

A F

Cdim

Gm7

Bb

F7

Bb

C9

Am

G7

Bb

C7

Bb

Bb

Bb

G7

C7

1.

C7

2.

75

C Bb

Bb

G7

C7

C7

Bb

Bb

Bb

D7

G7

F7

G7

C7

C7

Eb

Bbdim

Bb

Fm G7

C7

F7

Back to "A"
Bb B C

Dangerous Blues

76

1921

A C

Ta

3 de dum
de da da

G7

da

B C C6C& C

G7

I've got those dang -'rous

Oh,

G7

I mean those dang -'rous

soft and

A7

sweet

look at

me and see just

G7

just what it means.

so sweet and pret - ty

blues,

3 de dum
de da da

A7

C6C&

Lord

A7

Can't you hear the mu sic play - ing

blues.

G/D

means,

de dum me

Ta

C C7 C B7

da

take a

G7

what that ta

mel - o - dy is in the air,you

3 de dum
da da

de

it seems.

ta

3 de dum
de da da

ta

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

G/D

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

D7

G7/D

G7/FG7

I think I'm slip - pin'

I know I'm slip - pin'

ta da da, ta da da,

ta da de dum.

77

C C C6C& C

G7

just hear those wear - y

Oh,

so we - ary ho - ney,

blues,

C6C&

They're

D G D G

lose,

those

ev - en sleep a wink,

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

the kind I'd hate to

G7

E7

Oh,

D G

dang - er - ous blues.

I've got those dang' rous

blues.

I can't ev en think, can't

D D7

C F7 C

78

Tishomingo Blues
q = 132

Eb

Bb7

F7

Bb7

you in sad ness

train thattakes me,

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

F7

low,
gay,

That's
That's

Eb7

goin'to Tish - o - min -go

where
why

Ab

I
you

My heart cries out for

Oh Lord please bless the

Eb

the win - try winds don't

way down old Dix - ie

Down where
the
Where South - ern

Eb

Bb7

want to
hear me

be - cause I'm sad to

blow.
way,

South - ern
folks
are

Bb7

Abm

moon swings
al - ways

Oh Mis - si - sip- pi,

To - night I'm say in'

Ab

Eb

Eb7

Oh Mis - si - sip - pi,

To - night I'm Pray - in'

Bb7

Eb

Spencer Williams - 1917

go.
say,

I'm
I'm

Eb

Eb7

day.

Ab7

B7

Oh my wea - ry heart cries out in pain,

Bb7

F7

with a race,

in a

Eb

down in Mis - si - sip - pi,

Ab

sist

temp - ta - tion,

Bb7

I wish to

lin - ger,

how I wish that I was back a - gain,

Bb7

Ab

A - mong the cy - press

Cm

Eb

Eb7

trees.

G7

B7

I just can't re - fuse

F7

Bb7

Where they play the wea - ry

Way

with their stange mel - o - dies.

G7

Eb

where they make you wel - come all the time.

They get you dip - py,

Eb

place,

Eb7

way.

79

Opt. Break on Solos

F7
Bb7

Oh

way down old Dix - ie

Bb7

I wish to lin - ger,

Eb

To re

Eb

In Tish - o - min - go

Eb

blues.

Memphis Blues

80

A F7

C7

B B7 E7 E6

F7

W.C Handy - 1912

F7

F7

F7

B
B7 A7 A7

G7

F7

C7

F7

B E

C7

E7

B7

A7

B7

F7
B7

E E7 A7 A E

Midnight in Moscow

q = 160

A Gm

Cm D7

Bb

Gm

Gm D7

Gm

D7

Gm

Cm

Stop time- first beat of bar only

B Gm

Cm6

Eb

Gm

D7

Gm

Gm

Gm

Gm

F7

Cm

Am7 D7

Gm

Bb

Am7 D7

Gm

81

Bb

Eb

Bb

Cm

Gm

Cm

Gm

Time

D7

Gm

D7

Gm

Cm

Gm

D7

Gm

Am7 D7

Gm

82

The Storyville Blues

Trad.

Eb

q = 132

A Eb

Bb7

Eb Eb7 Ab Abm Eb

Eb7

Ab

Eb

F7

Bb7

Ab

Eb

Ab

B Eb

Eb7

Ab

C7

F7

Bb7

Bb7

Eb

Bb7

Eb

Eb

Bb7

Eb7

Bb7

Eb

Ab

Abm

EbEb7 Ab Abm Eb

Eb7

F7

Eb

Abm

Eb

Eb

Bb7

Bb7

83
Time

C Eb

Eb7

Ab

DBm

Eb

Eb

C7

Drum Roll - Piano Roll - Sustained Bass

F7

Bb7

Eb

Bb7

Eb

Tag

Eb

rit.

Eb

Bb7

Ab

Abm

EbEb7 Ab Abm Eb

Ab

Eb7

Back to "B" for Solos

Eb Eb7 Ab Abm

Eb

84

Strut Miss Lizzie

Turner Layton & Henry Creamer - 1921

A Dm

A7

Dm

Gm

G7

Get bu - sy

move so pret - ty,

Dm

men

G7

Bbm

It's a pi - ty,

The oth - er girl - ies

way you shake your feet,

F7

meet

C7

Strut Miss Liz -zie

like the

Dm

Bb

Bbm

C7

D7

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

for the

F7

talk.

When you

A7

frown.

But the

Oh,you knock'em diz - zy,

Won't you

A7

F7

Gm

you

Dm

Is the whole town

Dm

walk,

A7

C+

the way you syn - co - pate

Dm

I want to see you

Bb

Bb7

C7

folks all state

strut Miss Liz - zie

A7

Bbm

G7

C7

Bb

Dm

Vocal to "C"

lit - tle strut in town!) Go

85

F
C F

By the

school,

G7

C7

down the

street,

Strut your stuff,

use your "Kerch",

al - ley,

F7/Eb

Dodge the

Bb/D

Trot your toot - sies

Cool your dogs we're com - in'

thru, Get

G7 C7 F

by the church.

G7

C7

Shake Miss Sal - ly's

cans,

Db7

D7

Thru the

step - pin' fool.

Pat your feet you

set for Len - ox

G7

pots and

C7

pans.

F F7

Av - en - ue.

Won't you

Back to "B: for Solos

86

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

Porter Grainger & Everett Robbins - 1922

A F

A7

There ain't noth- in'

Aft- er

A7

of

If

If

can

But I'm gon- na'

their

talk-

in'.

Of- ten times the

an- y-

G7

way,

And don't care

A7

should take
dis-

'Tain't No- bod-y's

like

That folks don't

do just as you please,

me

say,

cize

get down on their knees,

is

D7

B F F

do

D7

want to

way to

A7

can do, nor noth- in'

crit-

all, the

D7

if they all

Re- gard- less

D7

D7

do

just

as

ones that talk will

D7

C7

de- spise

me.

And beg your par- don for theirsquawk-

in'.

D
F7
B
B

a no-tion

To jump in

my lov -er

C7

Biz-ness

And leave him

C&7

A7

If

Do.

D7

C&7

the o- cean,

to

for an -oth-

Rath- er
If

I go

er,

than
to

87

per-

se- cute me,

A7

church

on

C7

Tain't no - bod - y's

C F F

If

biz - ness

A7

choose

that

you

Then

cab-

a-

ret

C&7

if

no mon- ey

C7

C&7

And

Biz-ness

If

A7 D7

G7

C&7

Do.

F7

Drive

me

right

in-

to

my

last

nick- el

And

it

leaves

me

in

'Tain't No- bod -y's

F/A

C7

Biz-ness

C&7

If

Do.

the ceil- in',

say "Take all mine, Hon -ey",

pan- ion

on

com-

Mon- day,

do.

To dance up-

on

would shoot me,

best

G7

the feel- in'

got

'Tain't No- bod-y's

F7

D
F7
B
B

A7

should get

If my friend ain't

Sun -day,

If

let

my

If

give

him

the can -yon,

a

G7

pick -le,

C&7

88

T'aint Nothin Else But Jazz

Maceo Pinkard - 1921

A B E7
B
E7
B

I'm blue,

Thru and thru,

F&7
E7 G7 C7

'Cause they're gon-

na take jazz a- way.

E
B B F
C7
F

D7

On my knees,

I'm ask-ing you please,

Just to pay at- ten-tion to mewhile I say:

F
F7
A7
F7 F&7

Can't you see

it's wrong to con-demn

a song.Jazz has sim-ply got to

F7

C7

is a treat,

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

In

F&7

is

de- vine.

F7

'Tain't noth- in'else but

Ev-'ry lit-tle move-ment

F&7

Babe!

has

just a

Still what makes you shiv- er

an- y

C B/D

sure- ly

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

Gli-din'

C7

lit- tle bit of wob- blin',

B/D

B7

F&7

'Tain't noth- in'else but jazz,

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

B/F

F7/C C7

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

Now!

High-brow mu-sic real-ly

stay,

G7

jazz,

Babe!

C7

F7

'Tain't noth- in'else but

fine,

G7

time?

jazz.

89

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

Eb

Eb

Eb7

Bb7

Ab

Bb7

Ab

Eb

Eb

Eb7

Eb

Ab Abm Eb

90

Alcoholic Blues
Albert Von Tilzer 1919

A C

C7

Fm

G7

Vamp

B C

G7

Dm

I'mso thirs - ty

Ab7 G7

G7

C C

Pro - hi - bi - tion,

pro -a - bi - tion

that's the name,

D7

D7

G7

drives me in - sane.

G7

soon I'll die,

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

When

91

G7

G7

Mis - ter Hoo - ver said to cutmy din-ner down,

D7

D7

cut

my

but

D C

I did - n't hes i - tate I

sug - ar

G7

now they've cut

blues,

I've got the Blues,

blues,

I've got the

in - side

I've got the

my heart to cheer,

cut

my

coal,

my

soul.

I've

got

al - co - hol - ic

the

C7

blues.

There's

booze.

good - bye whis - key

used to make me fris - ky.

lord - y lord - y

what

Bars are closed and night clubs too,

since they am - pu - ta - ted

Fm

G7

Blues,

no more beer

deep

did - n't frown.

to

Ab7 G7

Solos at "D"
do,

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.

92

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Irving Berlin, 1911

VERSE
A G

Oh, ma hon - ey,

Oh, ma hon - ey,

A7

Like a chick - en,

Like a chick - en,

Oh,ma hon - ey,

Come and lis - ten,

Come and lis - ten,

G0

grand - stand,

brass

band,

come

some - how,

now,

To thelead - er man,

rag - gedme - terman?

the clar i - net

is a col - ored pet,

And

D7

G7

D7

Oh, ma hon - ey,

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

Ain't you go - in'

D7

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

Ain't you go - in',

Oh,ma hon - ey,

Oh, ma hon - ey,

G7

Ain't

Let me take you to

Al - ex - an - der's

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

D7

G7

youcom - in'a - long?

Bet - ter hur - ry

a - long.

Come on and

B C

hear,

hear,

Come on and

Come on and hear!

ne - ver heard be fore.

D7

take you by

band.

the

the hand.

Up to theman.

Come on and

hear,

just

the

long.

Let me

Up to the man!

And if youcare to hear the Swa nee Ri - verplayed

war. That's

Come on a

C7

ho ney lamb.Come on a long.

C7

to

Come on and

land. Theycanplay a bu gle calllikeyou

So na - tur - al that youwant to go

93

der's Rag time Band.

hear,

It'sthe best band in

best - est band what am,

G7

Al ex an
-

hear,

G7

Who'sthelea - der of the

in

G7

Al - ex an-der's Rag - time

Cdim

rag time. Come on and

Band,

Riverside Blues

94

Thomas A. Dorsey & Richard M. Jones

D7

D7

G C

F&7

3
E7
B
B
E7

A B

C7

B 2 bar unison break

B B7 B E 1.B

F&7

F7

2.B

F7

F7

everybody plays this figure behind clarinet lead

F7
B
D7
B B

F7

C7

F7

B7

2 bar clarinet break

B E B

F7

C B
E
B
B7
E

C7

Play 2 bar unison on out-chorus

F7

B B7 B E

Solos at "C"

95

My Bucket's Got a Hole In It

q = 174

C7

G7

F7

C7

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

F7

G7

C7

96

I Can't Let 'Em Suffer

Henry Creamer & Turner Layton - 1918

A B

love

see

the

F7

fel - lows

F7

to

Love to

C7

see them smile.

love

It's cru- el,

hap- py

all

F&

the

while.

F7/C

That shows they're jol- ly and ev-

C7

to

see

the

F7

fel - lows

hap- py

all

F&

the

A7

D
B
F/C

So

cru- el,

To

let them

plead.

'ry- thing.

while.

F7

Oh, I

97

F7

can't let 'em suf-fer

plead.

for the want of

No I shan't let'em suf-fer

for the want of love,

just got to take'em

F7

I'm bound to

C7

in my lov - in' arms,

D/F

pro- vide,

can't let 'em suf- fer,

fall.

Then I've

Gotto keep'em out of harm.

Un-

F7

F7/E

Then I've

G7/D

My hon-ey love.

Lov- in' kiss-es

til they're

For the want of

be my tur-tle dove,

F7

B7

I'll

But when they

C/G A7 F7/A

C A

just got to make'em

I just can't save them all!

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

F7

When I know just what they

B7 E

C7

It's a shame to let 'em

B7

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

love.

B
F7

F7

F7

cry:

love!

B/D

sat- is-

G7

fied.

'Cause I

98

Oh By Jingo

q = 180

AC

G+7

G+7

D7

Oh, by Gee! by Gosh, by Gum By

We will build for you

G+7

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

E7 Fm E7/G#

me."

So they

Juv, by

Jin - go,

Then we'll put them

C7

You will be

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

G7

G+7

Ddim

A7

hut.

D7

BC

D7

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

Juv,

G7

love?

Ddim

D7

Albert von Tizler

1919

our fav'rite nut,

in the Fol

lies,

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

Gee.

Am

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

C#dim

By Gee,you're the

G7/D

G7

on - ly

girl for

me.

F7

99

Down By The Riverside

q = 180

AC

Gon - na

lay down

G7

my sword and shield

G7

my

G7

by

the

BF

stu - dy

war

G7

G7

stu - dy

that war

G7

stu

no

ain't

dy

side.

riv - er

the

er

Ain't

more I

ain't gon - na

no

gon - na

stu - dy

war

no

more

gon - na

I ain't gon - na

ain't gon - na stu - dy war no

no

side

more

G7

war

stu - dy

Gon - na

down by

G7

side.

sword and shield

riv

the riv - er

Down by

lay down

down

the riv - er side,

the riv - er side,

down by

down by

war

no

more

more.

you know

more

I'll

100

Wabash Blues
q = 120

Dm

Near - ly

G7

Wa

bro - ken heart - ed since the

C7

bask

home,

G7

place that's hard to beat but then I longed

F7

Now

ev

I had

F7
- 'ry

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

to

roam,

I now can see,

A7

girl was

day I'm so lone

some it's

My old home - stead

C#7

as

sweet as could be,

C7

mis

Bb

once start - ed from my

C7

day that

Dm

er

F
-

y.

Solos

at B

B F7

F7

Bb

C#dim Bb7 Eb

F7

lone

me in my

Bb

shoes

To

Bb

Bb

Bb

my walk - in'

I'll pack

those Wa - bash

Dm

dle light that gleams.

C#dim Bb7 Eb

feel

Bb Dm Eb E

lose

F7

F7

101

dues.

Bb

Bb

Blues.

C#

Ab7

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

C#

Ab7

G7

be

leav - ing

G7

am start - ing for that spot no need to ask me when,

F7

I'll

hay to me each night,

I got my

I,

Bb

F7

know

F7

Bb

Bb

dreams,

F7

Bb

F7

Can

F7

Bb

some soul am

that I could die.

Haunts

F7

F7

Eb

F7

F7

Bb Dm Eb E

those Wa - bash Blues

Oh,

Bb

Bb

hoof - prints t'ward the

old home road

a - gain.

Back to B

102

Lasses Candy
Nick LaRocca - 1919

A E

E B7

B7

B E

C7

C7

F7

B7 B7

F F

F7

B7

B7

E
B7
C7

F7 B7

D7 D7

103

Poor Butterfly

Golden/Hubbel - 1916

q = 120

Eb B7 Fm7 A Bb9

Poor But -ter - fly

G+7

him

so.

B Bb9

G+7

come

know that he

be

die.

me

by

Poor

G7

C9

and

by.

Then I nev - er

And

ful,

sigh or

But - ter - fly.

I'm sure

he

if

Fdim

cry,

But

she

B7 Fm7

Eb

Eb

Eb

Eb

as

The moon and

faith

mo - ments

low,

Ebmaj7

Cm

he don't come back

Bb9

Bb9

Abm6

The

in - to years,

She mur - murs

to

Fm7

The hours pass

Poor But -ter -

Eb

smiles thru her tears,

Bb8

F7

C7

for she loved

in - to hours,

C9

F7

pass

Eb

'neath the blos - soms wait - ing

fly

Ebmaj7

just must

104

King Chanticleer
Nat D Ayer & Seymour Brown, 1910

Eb7/Db

A7

Eb7/Db

A7

G/F

A7

D7

A75

D7

G/E

F+

G/D

G/D

Play cues 1x for Repeat:

D7

Eb

A7

G/E

A7

G/F

G/D

A7

F+

Eb

A7

D7

G/D

D C

Trombone Solo - 16 Bars

Bb

A7

CHORUS:

C7

F7

Bb

Bb7

C7

F7

C7

F7

Bb

Eb

F7

Bb

D7

C7

F Bb

A75

Bb

105

F7

Bb Eb7

Bb

Solos at "E":

Wild Cherries Rag

106

Ted Snyder - 1909

B7
E
B
C
E7
A
A G

D7

B
E

D7

G G

E7

B7

A
E7
A
D7
E7

D7
G
E7
A
G

E7

D7

@C

G/B

A7

G7

G7

G7

A7

G7

E7

E7

107

G/B

G7

A7

E7

E7

G7

G7

A7(b5)

Bass Solo - Stop Time

A7

C D7

D7

A7

D7 G7

G7

G7

Coda

D.S Back to "C" al Coda

108

Ory's Creole Trombone

Edward "Kid" Ory - 1921

Trombone solo

G7

G7 C

D7

B D7

G7

C A7

G7

G7

G7 1.
A7 2.
C

D7

G7

D7

A7
D7

C
C G7

G7

G7

D7

109

G7

C7

C F

C7

D A7

Trombone solo

G7

G7

G7

C7

TAG Trombone

Trombone Solo

F
C7

G7

Solos

C7

C7

G7

C7

C7

G7

G7

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

C7

110

Ja Da
Bob Carlton - 1918

q = 132

B7 Bb7

Ja - da

B7 Bb7

Ja - da

A7

D7

G7

Ja - da

Ja - da Ja - da Jing, Jing

A7

D7

Ja - da

Ja - da Ja - da Jing, Jing,

G7

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

G7

mel - o - dy,

B7 Bb7 A7

peal - ling to me,

Jing,

It goes Ja - da

A7

Oh

yeah!

D7

Ja - da

G7

Ja - da

Ja - da Jing, Jing,

It's

Jing.

Jing.

so sooth - ing and ap -

D7

G7

Ja - da Ja - da Jing, Jing,

Jing!

That Da Da Strain
q = 152

111
Smith and Medina - 1922

A7

A Dm

A7

Dm

G7

C7

A7

D7

G7

C7

G7

A7

Gm7

C7

D7

Bb7

Solos on B

112

Lazy Daddy
A F

F7

F7

Bb

G7

F7

Bb

Bb

F/C

D7

G7

C7

C7

G7

G7

C7

C7

Bb

Bb

ODJB, 1918

Clarinet Break - 2 Bars

Clarinet Break - 2 Bars:

C7

D7

G7

C7/G

C7

113

C F

G7

C7

Bb

F7

E Bb

Bb

Bb

Bbm6 F

fine

B
F
F7

Bb

Trombone Break

D Bb

C7

Clarinet Break - 2 Bars

D7

Bb

Clarinet Break - 2 Bars

Trombone Break

Bb

Bb

F7

Trombone Break

Bb

C7

F7

Bb

Bb

Trombone Break

Bb

Bb/F

Bb

G+

C7

Eb

F7

Bb

C7

Back to "B" al fine

114

Limehouse Blues

q = 184

AC

In

Oh

Em

Oh

Dear,

B7

I'm

wear

And
And

Em

B7

'Cause no one seems to

land,

Em

Bb

day,

un - der - stand.

Like a
Nev - er

G7

E7

play,

Where you can hear those blues all

seem all a - round,

weird Chi - na blues,

to

or - ange blos - som

Bb

Right here in

they
Those

Bb

Where yel - low Chin - kies love

Lime - house,

Em

In

B C7

Lime - house

Dear

Bb

long, long sigh.

go
a - way.

sob

sound,

Oh, Hon - ey lamb they seem to say:

Sad,

mad

blues,

For all the while they seem to say:

Ab

Fm7 Bb7 Eb7

Queer

Am

115

C
Ab7

Ab7

Oh! Lime - house

kid

F7

Go - ing the way

G7

Oh!

Oh! Lime - house

Oh!

kid.

That

Poor bro - ken blos - som

the rest of them did

Cm7

F7

Bb7

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

blues

I've

real Lime - house

the

blues,

Oh! Oh!

Learned from the chink - ies

Fm
C7

tears for your crown,

Fm

those sad Chin - a blues,

Fm7(b5)

That is the sto

Bb7

- ry

G7 F7

Eb

and

Eb7

Ab7

Oh! Lime - house

F7

D Ab7

Eb

no - bod - y's child,

G7 F7

C7

Rings on your fin -

Ab9 for repeat

Eb

of

old

gers and

Chin - a

town.

116

Livery Stable Blues (Vocal)

A B B

Way down in

Al-

a- bam,

It was in

B7

sta- ble brush

he

play,

C7
F7

on one string,

Bir- ming- ham,

There was

F7

F&7

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

C7

In-stead of work-ing all day,

to

up- on the

G7

the

hor- ses he'd sing,

B E7

this sad and lone-some- mel- o-

dy,

and play up-

117

B B

B7

sta- ble

Oh hon - ey lis - ten here

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

blues.

G7

F7

hon- ey you know why

I've got those liv- 'ry

E E

F7

she'll drive a-way

I was - n't born for

B E7

C7

B7

this,

mine,

I'se g'wine back to my

G7

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

F7 F7

blues.

F7 F7

ba- by

I've lost my pep com- plete,

Al- a- bam- a ba- by,

I have got those blues,

sta- ble

Oh, law-dy- me,

C B7

I've got those mean old liv-'ry

Oh how I miss your kiss,

F7

me some-day,

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

118

Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go?

Verse

Young/Lewis/ Meyer - 1916

A C

Thous - ands of years

G7

south - ern

a - go or may - be

Rob - in - son

D7

no rent

to

pay

and

lend,

A7

day, but

soe land - ed

on - ly

wife

G7

on fine

day,

o - bey,

to

C7

they didn -'t

friend,

bor - row or

A7

They built

lit

tle

D7

no

D7

Cru

- land on a

out on an is

G7

His good man Fri - day was his

more,

D7

A7

shore,

B C

G7

lived there 'til

Fri -

G7

Sat - ur - day

hut,

night

it

was

shut.

And

119

C C

A7

Where did

- in - son

Rob

D7

D7

Cru - soe

G7

Ev -'ry

Sat - ur - day night

Then on

Sun - day

to

morn - ing they'd come

night?

roam,

G7

stag - ger - ing

home.

On

this

D7

is - land lived wild

men

D7

in

must be wild wom

With

min' andwhere there are wild

can - ni - bal trim -

G7

D A7

would start in

D7

ur day

they

D7

With Fri - day on Sat -

go

men,

so Where

D7

Fri - day on

Sat

did

G7

men there

A7

ur - day

Rob

in - son

night?

Cru - soe

go

Solos at "B"

120

Oh, Didn't He Ramble

Traditional

A F

C7
F
C7
F

Drums

head was

in

the

mar- ket,

girls came run- ning

C F

ram -

ble?

by

said:

ble, Didn't he

All

a- round the

ram-

C7

town.

Didn't he

Well his

his

feet were

in

the

street.

C7

"Look at that mar-

ble?

ram-

ket

All

ble,

wo - men cut him down.

the

meat!" Oh didn't he

He ram-bled all

C7

F
C7

F
C7
F

He ram - bled 'til the

C7

C7

B F

To Dixieland 2-beat swing feel

a- round,

Didn't he

ram-

C7

Didn't he

121

Mama Don't Allow

Ma-ma- don't 'low

no

F7

Ma-ma- don't 'low

no

cor- net play'n'round here!

No

C7

cor- net play'n'round here!

F7

We don't care

No

C7

Ma - ma don't 'low

no

She Don't

She Don't

B B

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

cor net play'n'round here!

No

cor- net

an- y how.

She

Don't

122

That Dixie Jazz

James P. Maguire & Warren DeWitt - 1919

A B
F7

Have you heard the la-test strain?

F7

F7

Oh,

o- dy,

It's

It will lin-ger

G7

in your brain.

For it's a

C7

F7

rag-gy new mel-

F7

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

F7

a brand new South-ern drag,

F&

babe,

G7

What do you say?

It's a

dan- dy

it a- gain.

F7

Dix- ie

C7

Come let us hear

the band

rag.

F7

play.

123

F7

Dix-ie jazz!

G7

jazz!

right,

C7

jazz!

C7

Lis-

toe.

tight.

Oh, Hon- ey!

F7

Come,

ten to that syn- co- pa - tion

Dix- ie

jazz!

Fromleft to

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

let's

coax a

moan

ing.

C7

F7

ten can't you hear that man just

That

G7

C B7
E

Lis-

My how I love to hear that

D7

tick- le

That Dix-ie

Hold to me

C7

Oh, just see'em sway-ing when they'replay-

C7

That Dix-ie

G7

It's the

G7

best

go!

from his trom-bone.

I've ev- er known.

That

Dix- ie

jazz!

124

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

Henry Creamer & J. Turner Layton - 1922

C7

F7

My how I love to hear that dear old Dix-

A C

ie

F7

jazz.

That Dix-ie Jazz!

G7

Guess!

Where do youthink I'm go

Guess!

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

Guess!

Where do youthink I'm go

Guess!

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

in'when thewinds start blow in' strong?

E7

in'when thenights start grow in' long?

in'

I
I

all night long?

D7(b5)

G7

ain't go

in' East, I

ain't think in' this,

ain't go

in' West, I

ain't think in' that,

can not be think in' a

D7

bound for the town

that

heart does not start

to

less

ain't go in' o ver the cuck oo'snest.

A7 A7(b5)

I love best,

pit a

pat

Where life
un

I'm
My

bout your hat.

G7

is

one sweet song;

hear this

song;

125

B G7

D7

Way down you

G7

G7

there's a gar - den of

G7

in the land

D7

G&7

E - den,

that's what I

flash - ing eyes,

F6 C&7

give your la - dy fair,

Stop!

ti - ful queens,

lit - tle blue

jeans,

Stop!

Oh won't you

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

There

is

They've got

wear - ing

lit - tle while.

A7

C7

a lit - tle smile.

bies with

F E7 E7 D7

G7

with those beau

Cre - ole ba

mean.

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

C7

C7(4)

scenes,

C C7 G7

of dream - y

C&7

G7(4)

New Or - leans,

der in

D7

C&7

hea

ven right here on earth,

an

gels right here on earth,

C7

D7 G7

C6

way down yon

der in New

Or - leans.

126

When Ragtime Rosie Ragged The Rosary

Lewis Muir & Edgar Leslie - 1911

C7

E7

E7

Verse:

A F

Par- son Lee in

Ten- nes-see in

C7

sor- ry

but our

C7

up

B F

and

here.

Now I'd

teer

C7

said"Folks I'm aw- ful

to help us

like some- one

out".

and

C7

sat

he

said"Just step this

down to

F

pray,

to stand

When a

B
F7

C7

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

light- ed

ac-cents loud and clear,

or- gan man ain't

vol- un-

C7

F7

E7 G E7

The par-son seemed de-

C7

way",

And the

C7

Then

came a

con- gre- ga- tion all

C&

shout!

When

127

C7

Break for Spoken Vocal

Deacon Alexander Started in to reprimand her

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

C7

Then he turned a- round on- ly

Break for Spoken Vocal

To that tune

G7

C7

It charmed their feet and set'em

D F

danc-

C7

in'

and

a treat,

pran- cin'

to the

Break for Spoken Vocal

It was such

so sweet,

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

to see:

F7

Rag-time two-step 'til that Par-son Lee, Why, he forgot the sermon and began to speak in German

List- nin'

to

that

want you folks

Rag- time

F7

low- down mel-

F7

to know

Ro-

sie

that this ain't

ragged the

C7

ros-

a- ry.

-2-

C7

o- dy.

G7

B
Then

no

C&

he

said

show"

When

min- strel

B7

"I

128

Floatin' Down That Old Green River

Cooper - 1915

A C

C C7 B7 Bb7 A7

I've been float - in'

down that

D7

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

old

G7

wad - ed too far,

But I

there all a - lone,

had

to

D7

get

drink

that

back

Green

home

to

you!

the

A7

whole

G7

one thing I could do;

G7

D7

C7 B7 Bb7

I was

The ship gotwrecked with

on - ly

And there was

a bar

cap - tain and crew,

C7

A7

I got stuck on

Wish - in' that I was home.

Riv - er

dry

to

No Repeat First Time - On To Vocal

Solos at "A"

129
Verse Interlude:

C#

G7

C#

G7

Verse - Vocal:

C#

G7

Half past

four,

C#

G7

Dan

She had beenwaitin' up

G7

G7

Dan - ny

bed.

ry wild!

A7

For Dan

C#

G7

like

to comehome and go to

child,

been

all

"Where have you

D7

And

this

is

what

Dan - ny

re - plied:

night?"

G7

But then his wife's eyes grew

G7

ve

smiled,

D7

D7

half the night

C#

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

C C7 B7 Bb7 A7

D7

Mc - Graw,

G7

she cried,

Back to "A"

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

130

Floatin' Down To Cotton Town

F. Henri Klickman - 1919

A F

A C7

I just dropped in to see you all and

on

my

way.

G7/D

F
that

be

fine?

hur- ry and sail

G7

me,

Mis- ter

G7/D

To

that

day,

back to

gal of

mine:

land,

hand.

C&

more I'll

Cap- tain, don't fail

G7/D

I'm

C&

the

Dix- ie-

C7

No

sun- ny

C7

by

C&

Line,

leave to-

came to shake you

A C7

C7

The min-ute when I cross that Dix- ie

say,

G7

B F

I'm go- in'

That's why

C7

pine,

G7

me,

won't

just

131

Float- in'

C7

Float- in'

down,

G7/D

on

the

riv-

whis-

G7

dark-

tle

ies

sing-

lamb,

my

a-

hon-

ey,

float- in'

to

toot-

Town.

in'

a-

down,

Cot- ton

toot!

in',

bam;

ban- jos

lit- tle

G7

hon- ey

F7

While

D7

G7

gain,

Float- in'Down To

a-

wel-come me

er down

Al-

D7

G7/D C7/E

you and

C7/E

G7

Just hear that

D7

way,

And

those

C7 Break 2 bars

G7

Hon- ey

my

toot!

D F

D7

ring-in''til the break of

lamb,

C7

I'll come back to

D7

D7 C7

Cot- ton

day.

fields of

sug- ar

Town.

cane

seem to

132

Sailing Down Chesapeake Bay

Verse

Havez - Batsford - 1913

F7

Come on

Come

Nan-

on

Nan-

cy

put your

best

cy 'fore the

steam-

Ev- 'ry- thing

All

is

love-

a- board for

B F7

Come on

Bal-

Cap-

ly

on

the

ti- more,

F7

F7

Ches- a- peake,

Ches-

Ban- jos

ring- in'

Sail- in' down Ches-

be

sore.

'Cause we can't swim,

a- peake,

a- peake

Up on deck

'neath the

All

Bay.

sil-

v'ry

a- board for

Mis- ter,

F7

a good old tune,

Sail- in' down Ches-

F7

all

Set-tle down close

a- peake Bay,

If we're late we'll

to spoon.

F7

there's a place

moon,

we can't float.

'n let us catch that boat,

boat's gone.

F7

dress on,

No Repeat 1st time

133

C B
F7
B

F7

Head- in' here,

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

to this

pier.

It's the

And

C7

Old

F7

we can make it

if

Dom-

in- ion

Line.

we hur- ry,

Bal-

ti- more.

C7

C7

yearn- in',She's the Queen of

C7

the Ches- a- peake Bay!

Nev- er

fear,

D7

Head- in'

Just hear the pad-dles turn- in',

G7

F7

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

D F7

F7

for

Hear my heart a'

Solos on Verse

Easy Rider's Gone

134

Shelton Brooks

q = 120

F7

won - der where my

B7

place.

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

If

Cash

he was here he'd win the race

G7

in our tick ets for a

my

B7

knows just what to

mon - ey that is why I'm

do.

G7

C7

Ea - sy

Ri - der's gone.

Dmin

on,

blue.

I'd

an - y horse that Jock - ey's

1.

If notfirst he'd get a

C7

jol - ly joy ride right a - way

A7

ne - ver told me

A7

F7

los - ing all

He

he was goin'a - way.

C7

Dm

Bb7

put all my junk in

win a race he

pawn

G7

Bb7

To

Oh

I'm

C7

won - der

gone

to bet on

where

2.

my

135
Traditional

Eh Las Bas

Eh

A Eb

la

bas, (band sings echo) Eh

B7

Eb

la

Eh la bas,

Eh la

B Eb

Eb

la

bas,

la

Sis Boom Bah

Eb

pinch

so

I can say

So

Bb7

and hear them trom bone gliss - es

friends, and let the

mus - ic

I'd
To -

play,

Eb

to sing French when Itake my turn

mor - row may

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

love to hear that clari - net burn

but the

like down in New Or - leans,

let the good times roll my

But it

Cre ole way,

Eb

would,

Ca - jun

B7

Bb7

I don't know what it means.

sang that Ca - jun French in a fine ol'

on - ly

Well I

in

Eh la bas

sounds real good, like I knew it

like

Eh

Bas,

Bb7

Solos here after Vocal

Or - y

B7

bas,

can't speak French, not

Tra la

Bb7

nev - er

come to be,

but thatain't the kinda band that this is

so let's love

it

up

to - day

Eh la
Eh la

Vocal Back to Top

136

Fidgety Feet
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1918

C7

AF

F7

C7

G7

C7

2Bar break
F

F7

B
B

G7

1.

C7

C7

F7

2.

Stop time - 4 bars

D7
E

F7

G7

C7

F7

F7

G7

D7

F7
B
B7

137

E
C E B7

B7

C7

B7

F7

C7

F7

E7

1.

G7

E7

B7

A7

B7

2.

138

Waitin' For The Robert E Lee

Lewis F. Muir & L. Wolfe Gilbert - 1912

Way

D&

down on the levwhis-tles are blow-

The

ee
in',

G7

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

y,

night
all

A7

my,

in',

you
is

can
har-

find
mo-

in'
er,

the
He

B
G

G&

D7

banis

jos

arc
the

syndance-

by

car- ry

the

on the good old

light
where

they
en

G7

are
the

waitpreach-

pateach-

tin'.
er.

in', it's the good

dog-

D7

cot- ton

a- way.

Rob- ert

E. Lee.

in'?
While they keep playthere? If you ev- er go

B7

there, Why,

coing

What's that they're sayWere you

a- round

hum- min'and sway-

that's come to

While
Ev-

all,
ous,

A7

there you'll al- ways be found

them
ni-

in',

A7

in'?
there?

B7

my, On a moon
in' to the place

D&

What's that they're sayHave you been down

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

There's
The

in',

G&
C
G
C

Dad- dy and Mamropes they are throw-

C7

ship

Rob- ert

gone,

Here comes my ba-

D7/A G7/B

Lee

139

Watch them shuf-

G7

Go

take your

D C

the

Wait - in'

best

gal

real

pal,

for

the

ee,

said

G7

great,

mate,

to

the

Rob - ert

E.

Lee.

Wait- in'

Go

lev-

ee, And

ic and

song.

on

the

lev-

ee,

For Repeat:
C7
D7

long.

G7

Hear that mus-

G7

flin' throng.

It's sim- ply

G7

G&

flin' a-

See them shuf-

lev-

join that shuf-

G7

long.

G7

flin' a-

down to

G7

140

Walkin' the Dog

q = 164

Shelton Brooks - 1917

A F

C7

Now lis-ten hon - ey'bout a

C7

C# G7

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

"Tan - go bug!" But now,

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

Most ev -'ry bod - y was a

Hug",

C#

G7

C7

bear!,

and some - how,

new dance craze,

You all were craz - y 'bout the "Bunn - ny

And it's a new step

a fun - ny two step.

The fun - ny Dog walk

is all the town talk.

C7

hall,

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

known.

C7

one and all,

If you'll just give me a chance,

on the phone, Hear - ing

You see them do - ing it, yes,

A7

on hisGram o - phone:

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

C7

I called a friend of mine up

D7

I'll

G7

C7

in - tro - duce this dance:

This "Dog - gone" rag - gy

tone:

141

B F

Bb

Bb

Bb

the"Tex - as Tom - my",

slow,

Get o - ver Sal - ly,

G7

and don't you lin - ger

Grab your gal,

C7

one and all,

C7

and snap your fin - gers,

Get'way back,

F7

that

will

show,

Do that slow drag

'round the hall.

Do that step,

C7

Like you're sit -ting on

Drop!

Bb B

the

dance

called

C7

log, Rise

"Walk - in'

the

Dog".

142

q = 120

Over The Waves

A F

When

you are in

fall in - to

you are in

B Bb

Bb

you

Bb

So

love,

sweet

won - der - ful

beat

kiss me my

Words

near.

When

blue

like

Thrilled be

touch of your

the

the sand

heart starts to

in

and the

C7

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

F7

Stars

Bb

time you are hold - ing me

C F

My

F7

a - long

o - ver

Waltz - ing

an - y

ryhme

year.

al - most can touch them from here.

And you

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

love

twin - kle a - bove

C7

G7

like a

won - der

the

Bb

C7

of

hand,

and

Bb

is

It's the

breeze drift - ing

child when a birth - day

C7

lov - li - est night of the year.

near.

Royal Garden Blues

143

Clarence & Spencer Williams - 1919

G7

C7
F
C&7
A C

C&7

C&7

C7

G7

Tuba

C C7

A7G7

C7

Trombone

A7 G7

C F7

C G7

C F7 C G7

Stop time - Play downbeats 4 bars

C7 Cornet
Clarinet

3
C7

G7

C7

F7
B7
F

C7

G7

B7

D7

B7

B7

Back to "D" for Solos

144

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

E E7/G
A
B7/A
E
B7
E

Did you

A E

hear the sto- ry

of

Long John Dean?

Long

John stood on

the

rail- road

Bowl - ing Green,

to come

Late
Ought'a

B E

Long

Long

Was sent

by.

last
seen

C7

Gone

E7/G

gone,

night he
Long

F7

tie,

Waitin' for freight

to the jail-house

yes-

came just

from Ken- tuck- y,

A
B7/A

Long

ter- day,

puffin' and flyin',

B7

made his
getaJohn grabbin'
that

B7

train

B7/A

F7

bold bank rob-ber from

and what I mean,

E7/G

Freight train

C7

ev-er

B7

way.
blind.

C7

Gone,

F7

He

was

B7

ain't he luck- y?

B7

Long Gone John from Bowl-ing Green.

Interlude

E C7
F7
B7
E C7
F7
B7

They
They

145

B7
E
C E

of-fered a re-ward

to bring him back,

E-ven put blood-hounds

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

Dog-

Now

on

the

his

o- cean

John

es- caped,

C7

where

to

close

the

bodgot

C7

lost

knows

no-

blood-hounds

F7

B7

F7

B7

Long- John
Gol-

C7

from Ken- tuck- y,

Long Gone,

Long Gone

from San Quen-tin,

Long Gone and

Long

E7/G

gone,

Long Gone

A
B7/A

gate.

Long Gone

scent,

went.

den

But

B7/A

jailed one ev-'ning late.

guard for-

D E

gone

out

E7/G

on his track.

The

He

was
John's

F7

B7

Ain't he luck- y.
still

a' sprint- in'.

B7

and what I mean,

Long Gone John from Bowl- ing Green.

I'm tell-ing you,

Shut your mouth and

shut mine too.

146

A Good Man is Hard to Find

Eddie Green 1917

q = 100

A F

G9

My heart's sad and I am

Fm

all

Fdim

I re - gret

the day that

was born,

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

F Fdim C7

a - lone

my man

treats

me

G7

G7

C7

mean.

that man I ev - er seen

oh

and

C7

my heart is broke and that is why I

say.

Lord a

147

B D7

D7

good man

is hard to find

C7

he's your

D7

rave

pal,

G7

C7

you al - ways get

the oth - er kind

just when you think that

you

look to find him fool - in''round

with some oth - er gal

then you

D7

G7

G7

and you all crave you wan - na

F C#7 C7

G7

Fm

see

C7

him in hisgrave

so if your man is nice take

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

C#7

C7

G7

kiss him ev' ry night

C7

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

give him plen - ty lov - in'

C7

so hard to find.

C7

Get Out Of Here

(And Go On Home)

148
q = 180

C B

F7

C7

C7

C7

F7

C7

F7

B7

1.

F7

F7

D F

C7

C7

2.C7

F7

C7

C7

149

Chinatown, My Chinatown

Jean Schwartz & William Jerome - 1906

AG

When the

town is fast a- sleep,

That's the

time the fes-tiveChink,

Starts

to wink his dream-y

G

Chi- na

Hearts that

Dream- y,

know

no

dream- y,

C6

Hearts seem light and

life seems bright,

to

A7

eyes

of

brown,

D7

D&7

fro.

In dream- y

and

G7 G&7

low,

D7

Drift- ing

lights are

Al- mond

D6/F E7

D7 D&7

D7

Where the

Chi- na- town,

ly you'll hear him sigh:

zi-

wink his oth-er eye.

D7

A7

oth-er land

La-

D&7

D7

A7

Chi-na town,

B7

A7 E

Starts to

town, my

D7

mid-night in the sky,

And it's

eye,

D&7

D7

E7/B A

G G A7 D7

Chi- na- town.

150

Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band

Jack Coogan & Jimmy Morgan - 1917

A
E7
D B7

A7

E7

His- to-

ry

F E

lieve they're right be- cause last night

In

B7

a dream it

E7

prove that

takes me back

E7
B6
B6

on- ly goes to

re- peats it- self,

E7

So the wise men

say.

heard pe-cu-liar mus-ic

two

B6

A7

thou- sand years

E7

E-

gyp-tians were not

A7

I be -

A7 A A7 A&

play.

a-

go.

Which

slow. Cle- o- pa-tra had a

151

B E7

A7

jazz band,

In her cas-tle on the Nile.

B&

She won Marc

swayed.

E7

B6 B7

An- to-

ny,

F/C B7 A7

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

B7

D/F

E7

Ev-'ry night she gave a jazz dance,

In her queer E - gyp-tian style.

E7/B

E7

D7
A7

A7

And while they played,

A7

She

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

C
A7
E7

pyr- a- mids,

'Neath the old E gyp-tian

moon,

D7

C7(b5)

F F F7

A7

D F F E6

E7

A7

A Sphinx was look-ing on

G7 F7 B7

E7

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

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

A7

and

E6

was

D
A7

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

152

Aunt Hagar's Blues

W.C. HANDY 1921

A Bb
F+ Bb
F+ Bb
Bb7

Old dea - con Spliv - in,

His flock was giv - in'

Eb7

Cm

Cm7

F7

Said he"No swing - in',

Up jumped Aunt Ha - gar

the way of liv - in' right.

F7

Bb

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

Bb Bb7 Eb Ebm Bb

and shout - ed out with all her might:

B Bb

"Why all this razz - in',

Eb7

F7

With la - test mu - sic,

Eb7

a - bout the jazz - in'?

Oh my,just lis - ten!"

Bb7

My boys have just come home,

Bb

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

F7

F7

Bb

thedea - con shout - ed with a moan.

Eb7

Bb

153

C BbBb7 Eb E

Bb

F7

Bb F7

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

F7
F7
Bbm Bb7

like a choir

good Lawd

F7

sent

it

D Bb

Oh,

Eb7

down

to

just can't re - fuse,

blues,

Aunt

me.

It's

Let the

F7

Bb

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

Oh,

Bb

such mod - u - la - tion,

C7

When I

F7

Ha - gar's

Child - ren

that mel - o - dy they call the

Bb

D7

When my feet say dance,I

hear

F7

Bb7

'taint no use you preach - in',

Such jazz - a - pa - tion

Bb

- o - dy,

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

join

G7

If the dev - il brought it, the

Bb Bb7 Eb
E Bb
F7
Bb F7

con - gre - ga - tion

Bb7

right

Bb

Bbm

from on high broke loose.

F7

F7

Blues.

154

Avalon
A G7

found my

love in

A - va - lon,

G7

my

B A7

love

dream of

A - va - lon,

in

her

and

A - va - lon

B7 Bb7 A7

so

think I'll

G7

and

from

B7 Bb7

A7

Fm6

to

'til

Dm7

G7

va

dawn.

lon.

And

Dm

dusk

- way.

1920

bay,

sailed

trav - el on,

the

G+7

Be - Side

G+7

left

Al Jolson

Amazing Grace

C7

G7

Am

155

Singin' The Blues

q = 120

Con Conrod 1920

Eb

Bbmaj7

A Cm7

C7

Gm7

C7

C Cm7

Cm

G7

F7

F7

C7

Bbdim

G7

2 - Bar Break

Bb

Cm7 Gdim

G7

Bb

Bb

F7

Bb

Bb

F7

Cm

F7

B D7

Dm

Dbdim

Bb

F7

Bb

Second Hand Rose

156

James F. Hanley & Grant Clarke - 1921

A C

G7

G7

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

D7

G7

To

Stuff in our

ba- by grand.

D7

A7

E - ven things I'm wear- ing,

bused,

C C G7

It's no won-derthat I feel a-

Some-one wore be-fore.

G7

pardon

Sec- ond Hand Rose.

G7

their sec - ond hand beauxs.

lor,
'em,

E - ven our piE - ven my pa-

G7 G&7

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

I'm wear- ing

D7

Sec- ond hand hose,

D7

have a thing that ain't been used:

Sec- ond hand shoes,

me

G&7

nev-er-

A7

G7

me

G7

Sec- ond hand clothes,

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

Sec- ond hand hats,

G7

D7

Ev- 'ry- thing from tooth- picks,

G7

an- o in the
ja- mas when I

dolon

lar.
'em.

157

C CC G7

D7

C7

Sec-ond hand pearls,

I'm wear-ing

sec- ond hand curls,

Sec-ond hand rings,

I'm sick of

sec- ond hand things

C&7

C&

girl- ies

do.

oth- er

a- dore,

girl got my goat,

He

nev- er get

nev- er get what

E - ven Jake the plumb- er, he's the

thru the Ritz

D7

had the nerve to

C G7

tell me he's been mar-ried be- fore!

D7

Ev- 'ry-

one knows,

that I'm

just

Sec- ond Hand Rose,

Ev- 'ry-

one knows,

that I'm

just

Sec- ond Hand Rose,

D7

She nudged her friend and said"Oh look! There's my old fur coat!"

G&7

D7

D7

Once while stroll- ing

man I

sin- gle thing that's new.

G7

From

Sec-

ond

Av-

e-

nue.

From

Sec-

ond

Av-

e-

nue.

G7

I'm wear- ing

Lovin' Sam
(The Sheik of Alabam')

158

A G

Lis - ten sis

Ev -'ry hus

ters and bro - thers

band and lov - er,

A7

est of
un - der

A7

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

There ain't a wo - man

he can't vamp,

cheap,

But

if your gal you

a - bout a man I
and you can pass it

lov - ers
cov - er,

aim to

keep,

know:
on:

G7

Ev - er kissed a girl on the cheek.

Sure as there's a deuce on the dice,

G7

D7

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

Bet - ter take a
bit of ad - vice.

There ain't a high - brown gal in town

If Lov - in'Sam gives her the grin,

D7

But let me tell you

Then here's my warn - in'

lov - in' champ,

He's the great

Keep your gal

G7

G7

Of course they say ad - vice is

They say that he's the

1922

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!

G7

Peo - ple
Peo - ple

C C

call

G7

him

gals

go

Lov - in'

Sam,

by,

Boy! He

bam'.

man!

Em

stroll - in'

Al - a

He's a

a heart break - in'

He's the Sheik of

mean love mak - in'

159

D7

rolls

And when the

wick - ed

eye!

2 bar break

D7

G7

Does he step?

That's what he does - n't do

Does he strut?

D C

love like Lov - in'

G7

D7

Sam,

You could

ba - bies

have your eggs and

Dm7

The

Sheik of

In the fin est kit - chens

ham,

Fm

bies cry

ia!

They

all

bam'.

for

you like

Lov - in'

love

C7

G7

Al

noth - in'else but!Could you

G7

You'd make the high - brown ba

for Cas - tor

cry

A7

E7

down in Al - a - bam'.

Sam,

Peo - ple

160

Ma He's Making Eyes At Me

Con Conrad - 1921

A B

F7

Lit- tle Lil- ly was

F7

oh! So sil- ly and

G C7

F7

shy,

F7

And all the

B
to cud - dle

try,

B B

up to her,

he's mak-ing eyes

G F7

Ma,

he's aw-ful nice

F7

to me!

F7

C7

he wants to

F7

F7

mar-

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

F7

Be

my

E7

F7

he gets bold- er,

with re - sis - tance

he's kiss - ing

hon-

ey

Ev- 'ry min- ute

Me, I'm meet- ing

C7

F7

ry me,

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

Ma,

F&7

C7

F F7

C B

F7

at me!

Ma he's al mostbreak-ingmy heart,

But she would cry:

"Ma,

F7

C7

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

C7

fel-lows knew,

F7

She would-n't bill and coo.

me!"

D7

G7

bee.

Now he's lean- ing

I shall hol- ler

161

When You're A Million Miles From Nowhere

Walter Donaldson - 1919

A D7

You're a

G7

mile

mil-

C7

lion miles

It's the

F/C

That keeps ring-

ing

G7

the gates

You're a

one

lit-

in

tle

A7

mil-

lion

mile

of

G7

moth-

D7

er's tears,

ears.

G7

lit- tle

You just

B7

E7 F7G

When you leave Moth-er's arms to roam.

song

your

when you're one

G7/D

of heav- en,

E7/G

C/E

E/G

C7

leave

D7

from home.

from no- where,

G7/D

G7

B D7

G7

miles

G7

from

from

home.

D7

no- where,

F7

When you're

My Honey's Lovin' Arms

162

Herman Ruby/Joseph Meyer - 1922

A C

F7

G7

G7

pet;

I'm

Love- sick

so

diff-'rent,

lov- ers

fret

G&7

They

You've heard lov-ers,

al- ways

get

ro-

F7

Oh,

D7

man- tic,

so diff-'rent-

bout their

G&7

Drive you fran-tic.

now;

E7

While I'm in

E
D9
D
G&7

love I know

B C

simp-ly

love your

place

D7

com- fy

D7

One ca- ress,

to

go

and

whis-per low

F7

lov- in' arms,

nes- tle

Hap- pi- ness,

They hold

G6

when

G7

co- zy chair,

to

am

Hon- ey

world of charms,

A7

lone-

Oh, what

D7

Ba- by:

Seems to bless my

ly.

hap- py

pair!

G7

lit- tle hon-

ey.

163

C C

love you

You'll find

more each day,

my

love be- longs

'Cause

when

the

I be- long

A7

to you

on-

ly;

C7

world seems wrong,

G6

D7

Right in

my

When years have passed a- way

G7

D9

F7

G7

Hon-ey's

Lov- in'

know

that

F7

164

St. James Infirmary

A Am

F7

E7

Am

E7

Am

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

Dm

F7

F7 E7

Am

Dm

When will I ev - er smile?

E7

Am

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

F7

E7

My ba - by went and

Am E7

Dm Am

F7

for?

My ba - by went and

left me

Ne - ver to come back no

B Am

E7

down
"What
go,

Am

Am

Am

to the Saint James In - firm -'ry

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

E7

Am

C7

F7

E7

more.

E7

My ba - by there she lay,

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

F7

E7

Am

out
"Boy,
hunt

F7 E7

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

Dm

Am

Am

A7

a - way.
on a cold mar ble ta - ble - Well, I looked and I turned
den harp.
by six o' clockthis eve' nin, - She'll be play - in' her gol
this - wide - world o - ver
But she'll ne - ver find a man like me.

I went

La - id
She can

Let her

Down Home Rag

F7

165

C7

Wilbur C. Sweatman - 1911

B/D
E6/C
B
G7
C7
F7
A B C7

B
C7
B/D
E6/C
B
G7
C7 F7 B

B6

C7
F7

B6

B7

D7

C E

E7

D7

C7 F7 B

B7 A6 C D7 B7

A A E

F7

B7

B7

E7

A A E

E E7 A

F7 B7 E

D E

F7

B7

F7 B7 E

Play "A" Once and end

166

Shake It & Break It

A C

G7

C C

G7

F7

C C7 F

F7

Break: 2 bars

G7

C7

G7

C7

C C7 F

G7

C7

B C

Artie Matthews - 1915

Clarinet Break: 2 bars

F C

G7

C7

167
Play "D" As AWritten - Repeat for Solos

C7
F
F
C7
D F

C7

D7

D7

C7

After Last Solo

play "D" once as written then go on

E C

Break: 2 bars

G7

F7

C C7 F F

Fine

Dixieland Jazz Band One Step

168
q = 200

C7
C7
G7
C7

F
F7
C

C7
C7
G7
C7

F
F7
C

Bb
Gm7

Cm7
F

Bb
Bb
F
Bb

Gm
G7

Cm C#dim Bb

F7

Bb7

169

Eb
Eb
G7
G7
C7

C7
F
F7

Gm

Bb
Bb

D7

Eb

Bb7

Gm C7

Eb
Eb
G7
G7
C7

C7
F
F7
Ab

Adim
Eb
C7
3

F7

Bb

Eb

Eb

170

Rufe Johnson's Harmony Band

Shleton Brooks & Maurice Abraham - 1914

A B C7 B

Rufe John-son

F7

leads a

band,

Down in

Sa-

They all keep

C6

van- nahG.
'Man- ci- pa- tion

F7

hol-

i-

act

like

day,

fools,

Down

sway-

ing,

While Rufe

You'll
You

shake their feet,

C6

van-

nah.

is

play-

ing.

but he will get your goat,

When he plays

The

they par-

When

horse and

hear

C7

Down in Sa-

F7

Plays rag-time mu--sic- sweet,

GG F/A

man,

Sa-

G7

A.
Day.

in

Old Rufe can't read a note,

nah,

He real- ly can't be beat,

C7

van-

B C
G7

G7

The peo- ple

F7

F7

He's one grand lead- er

When he comes down the street,

C7 B

the

al - most

F7

peo-

ple

say:

hear

them

say:

ade

mules

each
they

171

Here they come,

beat- in' some,

Hon,

G7

played

ain't

that

Lis

ten

to

that

rump, rump.

lead-

F7

C7

hear

er

G7

it

F7

groan- ing,

old cor- net,

G7

that

rump,

trom- bone moan- ing,

by

C7

D7

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

B7

Boy ain't he

G7

Lis-ten to that dog-gone flute,

Say

rump,

to that drum,

He's go- ing

D E

Just lis- ten

D7

C7

D7

It's

man.

He's

F E
E
B
G7

got

C7

a world

wide

Old Ruf- us

rep-

u-

ta- tion

F7

John-son's Har-

mon -y

For play- ing

Band

syn- co-

pa- tion;

Solos at "C"

172

Runnin' Wild
C

Fdim

Ab7

Dm7

G7

C7

My
When

Verse

AF

gal and

I first

met

F7

Bb

we

had a

that

gal of

fight

A7

and

mine

it

Dm

guess she

thinks now

that she's gone

I'll

when she

thought she

had me

she

gon - na
Ma - ry

show

her

she's all

led

her

lit - tle

Fdim

won't sit home

til

F7

the worm

right

I'm

all

by

seemed just like

the

shelf.

I'm

act - in'

mean.

Like

Bb

wrong

no

lone - some stuff for

lamb

she

led

Dm7

C7

me

G7

all

the

a - lone

She'll soon find that

I'm

to

that's the rea - son

I'm

But

lay right on
start - ed

dream.

all

turn,

my - self.

G7

Ab7

had

C7

me
time,

I
Un -

Runn - in'
Runn - in'

wild,
wild

173

Chorus
B

F7

C7

Feel - in' gay,

all the

time,

nev - er

A7

while,

All a - lone

Fm6

C7

Don't love no - bo

- dy

Run - nin'

goin',

Al - ways showin'

G7

Bb

Al - ways

bold.

Care - free mind,

too,

blue.

C7

Dm

might - y

D7

I don't care,

F7

don't know where,

A7

Run - nin' wild,

Reck - less

G7

Gm6

lost con - trol,

Bb

Wild.

It's not worth -

q = 160

174

Alabama Jubilee

A F

Db7

vi - o - lins,

Mu - sic sweet,

G7

C7

rag - time treat,

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

G7
C7

It's a re - mind - er

C7

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

D7

G7

C7

Wtach yo' step, watch

Old Par - son Brown danc - in'

D7

Gmin

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

gang's all

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

D7

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

Gmin

You ought to

rat - tles them bones,

C7

bam:

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

'round like a clown,

G7

Bb

Al - a

D7

see Dea - con Jones when he

C7

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

Db7

G7

C7

don't de - lay,

Com ethis way,

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

Dm

C7

Man - do - lins,

George Cobb - 1915

here

for an

G7

G7

go!"

C7

Al - a - bam - a

Jub - i

Oh Hon - ey

- lee.

A7

Hail,

Hail,

the

175

This Little Light of Mine

A F

This lit - tle light of

mine

shine.

B F

I'm gon - na let it

mine

Ev' ry day

Ev' ry day

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

Won't let a - ny - one blow it

I'll take this light all a - round the

shine,

Let it shine,

I'm gon - na let it

C7

I'm gon - na let

I'm gon - na let

it
it

I'm gon - na let

I'm gon - na let

it
it

I'm gon - na let

I'm gon - na let

out
world,

C7

it
it

I'm gon - na

F7

shine.
shine.

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,

This lit - tle light of

shine.

This lit - tle light of mine

I'm gon - na let it shine.

F7

let

my

shine.
shine.

shine.
shine.

lit - tle light shine.

Let it

176

Bugle Boy March

Tuba & Trmb.

G7

G7

D7

D7

G7

C7

G7

G7

G7

A7

G7

Tuba Trmb.

C7

177

C F

D F

C7

1. F

G7

D7

G7

G7

C7

Solos at "C"

C7

Last Time
F

C7

F7

F7

G7

178

Hot Lips

q = 180

1922

Ab7

There's a

boy that's

G7

Fin - est since you're

Ab7

They all

call him

D7

ev' - ry

bo - dy

in our

band,

And

horn,

for

on the floor just

He

gone.

notes,

blows real red hot

floats that's what they

When he starts you're

how he blows that

born,

Hot lips

Bb7

Bb+7

say: He's got hot

And

179

Eb

lips,

when he plays

jazz,

Eb

Bb7

You're on your

He draws out

Ebm6

toes

Bb+7

Bb+7

Bb7

and shakes your

steps,

Bb

like no one

F+

Eb

has.

Bb

Bb7

shoes,

Boy how he

Solo Break

F7

F+7

goes,

When he plays

Eb

Bb+7

Bb7

Blues .

I watch the

crowd,

Bb7

proud,

un - til he's

Bb7

too.

Stop Time

D Eb
Eb

rare

you

Bb7

boy

is there,

G7

G7

Cm

Cm

his

with two hot

you know the

Solos at "B"

Eb

lips.

mus - ic's

Time:

de - clare

must

can be

Bb+7

They're cu - ckoo

He

Eb7

through,

Bb+7

Bb+7

180

St. Louis Blues

W.C. Handy 1914

q = 100

A Bm F7

Em

St.Lou - is

There with her dia - mond rings,

Bm

F7

You know the man I love,

B B7

the eve - nin' sun

like I
feel

Gb7

B7

F7

O - h,

see
I hate to
feel to - mor - row,

E7

F7

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

go down.
to - day.

F7

he done left
make my get

Bm

and for store bought

would not have gone no where, no - where.

Bm C7

the eve - nin'sun go down.

like
I feel to - day.

Em

I hate to see,
to
mor - row

Pulls that man a - round,

Ex - cept for pow - der

hair.

F7

by her a - pron strings.

Em Gb7

F7
Bm

Gb

C7 C7b5 F7

Wo - man

F7

F7

this town.
a - way.

Feel
Got the

181

C B

B E B E

St. Lou - is Blues,just as blue

Cm

E7

as

Cm

B E B7

can

E7

be.

That

B E B E B E B7

man got a heart like a

F7

else

1.

he

rock cast

wouldn't have

gone

in

Got the

the sea,

so

2.

me.

Or

far

from

me.

182

Careless Love
A

G7

Love,

A7

oh

If

A7

were

tree

to

Fm

air

tree.

Now

D7

wear my

lit - tle

A7

pron high,

I'd build

my

D7

a - pron

nest

G7

and he

nev

G7

er,

from

way

up

me.

in

G7

Now

nev - er pass - es

fly

high,

I'd

C7

G7

mine.

a - pron high,

ma - ny

boys could not both - er

wear my

Fm

of

G7

G7

bad

the heart

bird,

G7

right

broke this heart of

ly

fly

broke

You

C7

where the

G7
-

You've

love.

G7

G7

care - less

near

B C

and you

gal,

oh

D7

thru my head like wine.

love

Fm

by.

the

Now

C7

wear

my

G7

183

Tuck Me To Sleep in My Old 'Tucky Home

George Meyer - 1921

Tuck

G7

me

to

C7

sleep

in

cov - er

me

Just

with

my

Dix - ie

let

the

sun

kiss

my

home,

G7

leave me there a

cheeks

'Tuck - y

and

C7

C/G

D7

skies

old

C/G

ev - 'ry dawn,

lone.

like the

G
D7
G7

kiss - in'

I've been miss - in'

C7

C7

ain't had

D7

can

Tuck

G7

bit of

al - ways

me

to

from my mam - my since I'm

rest,

D7

since

sleep

best

C7

in

my

left my

D7

rest the

in

her

lay there stay there

nev - er no

more

mam - my's

'Tuck - y home,

G7

to roam.

nest.

G7

lov - in' arms.

F
old

gone.

C/G

me

let

D7

G7

184

The Sheik of Araby

q = 180

Fm

Db7

Fm

G7

G7

Rides

the

bold

Bbm

Fol

Un

He

Sheik

of

der

Ar - a

the

sings

to

by

band

At

his

Fm

com - mand

car - a - van.

C7

Fm

shad - ow

of

call

her

to

his

Gm7

the

Fm

Gm7

palms,

C7

C7

arms.

Gm7

Bbm

Gm7

G7

Gm7

Bbm

G7

Fm

Fm

free

Db7

and

Gm7

love's

- low his

Fm

wild

Fm

Bbm

ar - ab

Fm

C7

His

des - ert

the

Db7

ver

C7

I'm the

185

Sheik

of

C7

love

to

night

stars

your

light

rule

when

Sheik

to

that

I'll

you're

Fdim

shine

C7

our

this

way

to

of

Ar

Gm

C7

G7

Gm

Gm

sleep

bove

A7

A&

C7

G7

At

C7

The

C7

will

A7

you'll

G7

the

by

In -

me

Your

love

with

Dm

land

A&

C7

by

Gm

creep

C&

C7

me

tent

C7

C7

C7

Abdim

be - longs

Gm

ar

Gm

C7

Am

Fdim

186

Sister Kate

q = 164

A.J. PIRON - 1919

G7

Cm

F7

B G7

C F7

F7

Went to a dance with my sis - ter Kate,

I re - a - lized a

Cm7

thing or

F7

two

B
ev -'ry one there said she

F7

and I got wise to

G7

in a

trance,

C7

danced so great.

go - ing wild

Gb7

just

some - thing new,

and then I knew it was

in her

F7

allthe boys are

I looked at Kate,she was

F7

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

dance.

187

Chorus

C7

D F7

wish I could shim my like my sis - ter Kate, she shi - vers like the jel - ly

F7

F7

F7

ev'ry boy in our neigh - bor - hood

on a

plate.

my ma - ma want - ed to know last night,

F7

B7

why all the boys treat sis - terKate so nice.

B7

B7

knows that she can shim - my and it's un - der - stood

G7

Cm

F7

I know I'm late

Kate

G7

mean

but I'll

be up to

date when I can shim - my like my sis - ter

Gb7

F7

Shim - my like my

sis - ter

Kate.

The Love Nest

188

Louis A. Hirsch & Otto Harbach - 1920

A B

Pal - ace,

build - ers

A7

cot - tage

Some were small, and

But

C7

built

C7(b5)

Man - y

F7

them

by - gone

days,

They have built for

man.

F7

all

Long

A7

some were tall

man - sion, Inn,

A7

of

in

Since the world be - gan.

the best one

F7

there have been

F7

or

or

wide

F9

Jack built long

G7

Yet

C7

mill - ions sing

its

low.

a -

go.

`Twas

F7

praise.

Just

189

B B

F7

love nest,

co-zy and warm.

G7

Then a

C B

love nest,

twine.

B7

Best of

than

F7

pal- ace

You can call home.

D7/A

vine,

Then a

B7

dream room for

with

all room,

F7

F7

Bet- ter

G7

C7

tea set of blue.

two.

is

down on a

kit-chen where some ram-bler ros- es

small room,

an- da with some sort of cling- ing

ver-

F7

B7

Like a dove nest,

F7

farm.

B7

gild- ed

D7 D7(b5)

dome,

190

Take Me To the Land of Jazz

Bert Kalmer, Edgar Leslie, Pete Wendling - 1919

A G7

There's

C7

mu- sic

in

the breeze,

and

G7

C7

trom-bones

grow

G7
D7
G7
D7(b5)
C7

You hear moan- in'

G7

C7
F

ev- 'ry

ca- bar- et,

and groan- in'

to hear it,

and tune-ful har- mo-nies.

G7

C7
F

it's the

F
D7

long

must be near it,

on- ly

thing they play!

D7(b5)
C7

G7

and that's why

I say:

on trees.

In

Well, I

191

Chorus:
B
F

Take me to the

land of jazz,

kind-a' blues like

Mem-phis has,

Take me to the

land of Jazz,

Let me hear the music New

Or- leans has,

C7

wan'na step,

like it

G7

Play the

G7

to

hot,

up

tune that's full

of

and you know that's what that

Pickin''em

and

layin''em down,

Come and take the

lat- est dare,

G7

C7

gen -u- ine pep!

ci-

ty's got!

A7

Teach them how

all

Learn to

the "Griz-zly- Bear".

do

o- ver town,
I

G7
C7

D7

I'll give you fair warn- in',

I won't be home-

love that syn- co- pa- tion,

dan - cin' 'til

the

run - nin' wild and

At 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!

C7

sun comes up,

up,

in'.

Just

192

Down In Borneo Isle

Herny Creamer & J. Turner Layton - 1917

A G

Far

a- way

D7
G

in

Jun- gle land,

Jun-gle land,

Tuba- Toms- etc. Jun- gle,

Where they play

Jun- gle,

up-

on the sand,

Tuba- Toms

F7

In the

ning

Jun- gle sand.

Tum- bles,

when the day

is cool-er

And

C7

Stum- bles,

they

F7

say

la Boo- la.

Jun- gle,

does the Boo-

F7

F&

eve-

Jun- gle,

Tuba- Toms- etc

B F7

C7

ev-'ry-

that

bod-

mon-key band,

As they bun-gle thru the jun- gle.

193

F7

Down

in

Bor- ne- o,

F7

And

those

D F7

Down in

Oh, Oh, Oh,

F7

To

in

real

wild

those

wo- men

Oh,

Oh,

the mus- ic slow,

C7

Down

swim- min'!

lights are low,

How

F7

in

All theywear is a smile,

Oh, Oh, Oh!

F7

in

a- round,

G7 G

eve-ning when the

danc- ing

Where I want to go,

And ev-'ry

Bor- ne- o Isle.

men

in

F7/C

wild

Down

see

Bor- ne- o,

F7/A

A7

Bor- ne- o,

F7/C

love to

Down

G7

Bor- ne- o

Oh,

Oh,

they toad- al-

B E7 B

Isle.

o,

194

The Jazz Me Blues

Tom Delaney
1921

A Bb

Down in Louis - i - an - a

C7

F7

su - per

in that sun - ny

clime - They

break

hear that jazz band

play a class of mu - sic that is

Bb

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

Bb

mu - sic

play - ing

its

rain or

F7

all

the

shine - You can

Bb

time

it

Bb

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

C7


fill

the

be in

rhyme

Then

break

Howits sweet vi-bra - tion seems to

Bb

air

Bb

to

you

the whole world seems to

F7

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

all the

Bb

time

195

F
F7
F
F7
C F7

Ev -'ry

G7

Jazz

nev - er seems

one that's nigh

C7


Don't stop the mu - sic it's

man

F7

know I want to hear it

both

day and

Bb7
A7 Ab7 G7

(Jazz

Time)

Gmin

Take your time don't rush

C7

dog - gone real - gone

it

play

it

jazz - band "Jazz

(Jazz-man!) You

D7

F7

Please Sir will you play it in jazz - time

Don't want it fast

Oh!

C7

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

man

cry:

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

Bb

Jazz

Bb break

to sigh Hear them loud - ly

D7

Don't want it slow,

G7

sweet and

Me"

Bb Eb7

blues.

low

I've

Bb

got those

A7 Ab7

Solos at "C"

196

Jelly Roll Blues

Jelly Roll Morton - 1905

C7

C7

Ensemble

Stop Time Banjo Solo - 7 beats

3
Trombone Solo
3 Beats

Cornet solo 3 beats

Ensemble

F7 B

C7

G7

C7

F F7

A7

G7

C7

A7

F7

C7

Stop time 3 bars - ad lib breaks

B F

C7

F7

C7

197
Stop time 3 bars - ad lib breaks

F7

C F

C7

G7

C7

F F7 B

C7

4 bar interlude - clarinet trill, drum roll

F7

F7

D B

F7

F7

F7

D7

B7

F7

C7

F7

F7

Back to "D" for Solos

198

Ole Miss
A G7

G7

G7

E7

C7

G7

B F

G7

W.C. Handy - 1916

B7

C7

A7

F6

199

C
G7

G7

G7

E7

G7

G7

G7

C7

D
C7
F
C

D7

G7

A7

D7

G7

A7

Back to "D" for Solos

Then Play "C" and "D out.

200

Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me

1919

h = 100

A7

There are

Dm

Bbdim

G
Ebdim
Gm

Dm

Dm

Blues
Blues
Blues

Bb7

pain,
pain,
guy,

your one and on your one and on all of your mon -

that you get from wor - ry

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

Blues
Blues
Blues

that you get from

that will give you
to an - oth - er

D7
Gm

Dm

There are
There are
When she

A7

A7

- ly
- ly
- ey

Dm

that you get from long - ing

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

D7

- plain;
- plain;

Gm

A7
D7

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
C7
G7
C9
F

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.

For
For
spends

ly, The Blues you can nev - er ex

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

Bbdim

And there are Blues when you're lone

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

E7

Blues
Blues
phones

There are
There are
There are

lie;

A7

est Blues that be

one on your knee,
you could be free,

G7

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

(A7)

There are
There are
There are

201

I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody

h = 84

A D

D+

G6/D

B7

E7

And

D6

bod - y,

smile

sin - gle

could

could

be

so

C D

D+

nev - er

knew

Hon - ey

like

what a

A7

A7

do;

can't

eat,

I'm

sweet,

love

ing

you.

pair

of

nev - er knew a

A7

B7

an - y - bod

lov

C6

could

A7

ize

G6/D

E7

Gm

could

can't sleep,

Hon - ey, like I'm lov - ing

D7

E7

ba - by

re - al

A7

I could - n't

E7

eyes

love an - y

I could

you;

B7

I nev - er knew

C6

1920

y,

202

The Curse of An Aching Heart

B

A F

made

me

what

sat-

is-

the

B F

shat-

A7

soul

you,

That's the

to-

A7/C

ev-

'ry

G7

curse

day,

me

down

you're not

you're

C7

and down

un-

You

died.

F7

hope

me

dream,

C7

E7

You fooled

me

from

the

F/C

A7

true

still

love

C7

of

ach-

ing

an

C7

And though

am

in

and

start.

D7

with-

tered each

F7

You dragged

G7

C7

You

fied.

til

Al Piantadosi - 1913

heart.

203

Some of These Days

D7

D7

your gon - na miss me hon - ey.

Gm

Gm

Cm

C7

B B7

so

lone - ly,

C7

kiss - in'

D7

you'll feel

D7

Some of these days

Gm

you'll miss me

B7

lone - ly

G7

Cm

Cm

grieve

me

F7

you'll miss my

F7

You'll be so

ly,

cuz you know

C7

G7

hon - ey

Edim

And when you leave

G7

on

G7

when you're a - way.

just for me

you al - ways got your way,

hon - ey

C7

Some of these days

hug - gin'

you'll miss my

C7

F7

me

I know you'll

you know

you'll

miss your ba - by

oh some of these days.

204

Rose of Washington Square

James F. Halnley - 1919

A E

B7

A gar-denthat nev-er knowssun-shine

E7

Onceshel-tered a beau - ti - ful rose.

F7

B7

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

In the

y grows.

A
B7
E
G
G
E

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

B7

flut-ter,-

D7

bees,

with a

A7

won-der-ful tale

of

love,

A7

of the brooks and

of

A7

mea-dows and

He told her of birds and of

D7

trees.

He

whis- pered,

205

B G

G D7

Rose,

where

D7

of Wash- ing-tonSquare

the

sun

shines,

A7

Rose,

G D7

I'll nev-er de- part,

A7
E

I'll bring the

Na- ture

D7

but be the queen

D7

A7

my Rose

your love to care,

C6

did not mean

but dwell in yourheart,

D7

of some fair gar-den,

sun-beams from the Hea-vens to you,

E7

spar-kle with dew

for

should blos-som

Rose,

D&7

a flow-er so Fair

B7

that you shouldblush un-seen

C G

and give you kis-ses that

of Wash- ing-ton Square.

206

The Old Rugged Cross

George Bernard - 1913

G&

D7

Ritard

G G7
C C
C
A G G

C C A7

D7

C C

D7

G7

G C7 G

B
C C&
D7
G C G
C6 D7

D7

F7

E7

G C C G

207

Dear Old Southland

Henry Creamer & Turner Layton - 1921

A C
B& E/B
G7/B
C
B&

Iwant to stray

F7

G7

B&

B&

corn,

dear old Moth-er

F7

each

G7/B

I used to steal it.

E/B

To feel it,

E7

say-ing"Go long, go long,

C&

Dear,
Dear,

Dear Old South land,

Dear Old South- land,

G7

morn,

G7

Tuba

G7

go long,go long to school".

I hear
for you

C&

My lit-tle home town.

B C

E/B

to hear

D7

in the cot-ton and

I want

I want to play

G7/B

to the townI was born, My home town,

F
A

E/B

you
my

callheart

C A7

ing to
me.
is yearn- ing.

And

long,

how

long

to

roam

back

And

long

just

to

see

once

more

the

G7/D

to

my

old

land

love

G7

Ken- tuck-

home.

that Swan-

ee

shore.

F7

208

Foolish Questions

q = 152

1915

C
A7
D7
G7
C

Now you've
Now
Now let's

A C

all heardfool - ish

then

ques - tions

and you no

per - son

there's that

say the ele - vator per - son

one will ask you a

won - der

doubt

why

who's al - ways hanging'around the place

And

should for - get

And

to

close the door,

G7

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

you

when

give your

ra - zor

its

you hit

the bot - tom and

that

is

fool will

fool will stick his stick

Say

first thing she'll do

know

let's say for - ty

can - dy

when you take your girl some

as

Some

floors.

to you and

down the shaft and

D7

G7

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

A7

up

ven

just

come

se

Like

hurt?"

Some

209

B C

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

moan

No, I was

some oth - er guy

the taste of
die

then

slow.

in

just want - ed you to

like to take my shav-

Ned was al - ways so ori -

la - ter on.

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

soap.

pre-

No, he just though

G7

Ma or your Pa

no

I hope that

It

usual -ly saves a

lot

A7

And now I'll take it a - way.
and paint my - self up this way.

see it
ing brush

com - ing

of time

1.2.

D7

G7

down this way.

C B

way,

And he

asks you why you're

just

re - turn - ing from the

Ned

Then there's this fel - low

hear them ev'ry day.

You'll

he would have want - ed it that way.

gi - nal

A - no - ther fool - ish ques - tion

who meets you on your

F7

all dressed up

this is what you say.

and

fu - ne - ral

of

dear

old

And as you're

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

F7

"Is

You're

bro - ther

Ned dead?"

210

Aggravatin' Papa
Roy Turk & Russell Robinson - 1922

A B

I know a trif-

They call him "Trif-

oth- er night,

'Way down in Al-

C7

He had a

lin' Sam".

F7

He lives in Birm- ing- ham,

lin' man,

F7

fight

with a

a- bam'.

G7

gal named Man-dy

Now the

C7

Brymm,

And she

C7
F7

C7

plain- ly sta-

G7

ted she was ag- gra- va-

ted,An she shout-ed out to

him:

G7
C7
F7
B
B B

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

G7

C7

F7

me,

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

be,

I said don't two-time me.

B7

I mean just let me be.

211

List- en while I

get you told,

B7

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

C7

I'll do an- y-thing you

But when you go strut- tin',

If

B7

roll.

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

F7

G7

Break 2 bars

F7

you step out with a high brown ba-by,

G7

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

C7

C B

say,

Doyour strut- tin'round my

yes, an- y- thing you say.

A7

F7

way.

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

Stop Time - Play beats 1 & 4 as marked

B7 E
E
E
E

B7 B7

Just treat me pret- ty, Benice andsweet,

'Cause I pos-sess a fort y four thatdon't re-peat!
You best be care-ful,-

Once you were stead-y

G7

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

As you can be, 'Cause I canbeat you do in'what you're doin to me,
Once you weretrue,But pa-pa,now sweetma- ma can't de- pend on you,

C7

F7

BB7EE B

Don't you try to two-time me!

-2-

F7

212

Rose Room
Harry Williams and Art Hickman - 1917

A E

I want to take you to a

ros - es

lit - tle

room,

I want to lead you in - to

bloom.

B7

in the trees,

E7

sing us a song

give a

B7

Na - ture's

For their mu - si - cians are the bird s and bees.

B7

As we are stroll - ing a - long.

Hall,

They have an or - ches - tra up

ball.

E7

lit - tle room where all the

Where ev' ry year the ros-es

E7 E7 F7(b5)

B5 B

And the will

In sun - ny

B F7

Bb7

Rose - land,

Eb7

the hon - ey bees are

Where

Abm

Danc

C F7

shin

- ing

Bb7

"A

ing".

Eb

C7

sway

ing,

May

ing,

'tis

Rose - land,

ev - er then

The moonwhen

de - sign

Ab

am

pin

Eb

Be - side a beau - ti - ful rose.

ing,

Eb

ing

C7

to be sweet - ly re - clin

Bb7

Eb

is more than ev - er

Pin - ing

F7

Ab

while the mead - ow brook flows.

- ing,

For

Abm

are

Bb7

Eb7

the ros - es

all

are play

F7

There

Where sum - mer breez - es

213

Eb

ing, Some - where in

214

High Society

C7

A C7

1901

C7

A7

Dm

B C7

A7

Dm

A7

Dm

Dm

G7

G7

C7

C7

F7

Bb

Bdim

G7

F7

C7

Bb Solos Here
Eb
Bb
C

F7

A7

Eb

Bb

Edim

Bb

C7

F7

Bb

G7

C7

F7

F+7

F7

Eb

Bb

Bb

Bb7

Bb

D Gm

Gm

D7

E Gm

Bb

D7

D7

F7

F+7

Bb

Eb

Bb

Bb7

Bb

F7

G7

C7

Bb

Eb

F7

Bb

A7

Cm

215

Gm

Cm

Tuba

D7

Eb

C7

F7

Bb

Edim

216

Alphonse Picou Clarinet Solo for High Society

Bb

C Bb3

3
3
3

Bb

Eb

Bb

F7

Bb

C7

F7

Bb

Bb

Bb

Eb

Bb

Eb

Edim

Bb

Bb

3
3

C7

F7

Bb

217

American Patrol
F.W. Meacham - 1891

A C

D7

G7

C7

G7

D7

G7

B G7

C7

G7

C
G

C
G7
C

218

Tiger Rag
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1917

A F

C7

C7

1.

2.

Cues are Trombone/Tuba

B G7

C B

G7

G7

G7

C7

F7 Solo Break

F7

C7

Solo Break

F7

B Solo Break

219

G7

E
E

B7

F E

B7

B7

F7

C7

F7

Solo Break

B7

B7

E7
A
E

Solos at "E"

B7

220

At The Devil's Ball

Irving Berlin - 1913

D7
E

I had a dream last night, - That filledme full

Dev - il

be - low.

In

G

Dev- il was giv-

E

gaz- ing

at

ing

to

of fright: - I dreamt that I

big

fier-

B7

Ball.

hall,

you,

Where the

hat and

wit-ness the show.

D7

I checked my coat and

that came to

was with the

the mer-ry crowd

A7

must con- fess

his great

There were ma- ny there I

knew.

start-ed-

And I

At

the

221

B G

A7

Dev-il's Ball,

D7

At the Dev-il's Ball,

I saw the cute Mrs. Dev- il,so

G D7
G

fire-

D7
A7

pret-ty-

and fat,

Dressed in

lit-

tle red

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

Dev-il's Ball,

In

theDev-il's-

il that

I ev-er saw,

of my moth-er

D7
A7

Oh! the lit - tle Dev - il,

A7

D7

I saw the

G7

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

in- law,

Danc-ing-

Hall.

B7
E
A7
C

I caught a glimpse

man's hat.

He played the mu-sic at the

A7

G
D7

fun-ni-est dev-

D7

at the Dev-il's-

A7

D7

Danc-ing with the Dev-il,

Ball.

At

the

222

At The Jazz Band Ball

q = 180

Original Dixieland Jazz band - 1918

A Dm

C7

D7

G7

C7

Dm

G7

C7

G7

B D7

G7

C7

D7
G7

Bb

Bdim

D7

C7

G7

C7

D7

G7

D7

Bb Bdim
F
D7 G7
C7
F

G7

223

Under The Bamboo Tree

q = 164

Bob Cole - 1902

A Eb

Fm
Bb7

Down in the jun - gles lived a maid,

Eb

F7

Bb7

up - on a Zu - lu

Eb

G7

love to see.

B Eb

you like - a me

Bb7

I like - a say,

like

I love - a you and

Bb7

One live

as two,

Cm

I like - a you

two live

as one,

Bb7 Ab

bam - boo tree,

Bb7

and then to her he'd sing:

and

I like - a change your

a love

un - der the bam - boo

If

same,

Eb

Bb7

name.

if you

we like - a both the

you true and

love - a

Fm

F7

this ve - ry day,

Eb

from Ma - ta - boo - loo

down un - der - neath a

he would be

a - wait - ing there his

a marked im - pres - sion once she made ,

And ev - ry morn - ing

Bb7 Ab

of roy - al blood thoughdusk - y shade.

G7
Cm

Eb
Fm
Bb7

Fm

'Cause

me,

Eb

tree.

224

Darktown Strutter's Ball

Shelton Brooks - 1917

A F

I've

G7

Ball.

It's

"ba - by

Dolls",

And each

G7

out - class

wear your Par - is gown

swell

one

do

C7 B7 A7

there.

af
their

I'll

fair,

All the

best,

Just to

C7

wear my high silk hat and a frock tail coat,

You

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

The

and your

C7

new silk

clas - sic, buck and wing, and the wood - en

An ex - hi - bi - tion of the

all the rest.

A7

ver - y
will

in - vi - ta - tion to the

An

C7

"high - browns"will be

C7

high - toned neigh - bors,

Dark - town

good news hon - ey,

got some

We'll meet our

C7

C7

shawl,

There

ain't

no

clog.

We'll

win

that

G7

bout it

babe,

We'll be the

best dressed in

dol - lar

prize

When we step

out

and

the

"Walk the

hall.
Dog".

C7

C&7

doubt

a -

fif - ty

I'll be

225

D7

G7

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

C7

F/A

Nowdear - ie

don't be

C F

mem - ber when we

late

I want to

D7

y a - bout half - past eight.

Gm7

G7

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

F
E7
B

dance out both my shoes,

When they play the"Jel

C7

mor - row night at

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

Bb

G7

C7

the Dar - town Strut - ter's Ball.

Fdim

all.

D7

ly Roll Blues"

Gm7

Goin'to

To -

C7

I'll be

226

Japanese Sandman
Raymond Egan & Richard Whiting - 1920

A C

A7

A9

F9 G7

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

A7

F7

hast - en to a na - tion ly -ing

F6 F7 D/G

o - ver the west

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

G7

please

Hide be

C C7 F

Night winds breathe her sighs.

eyes.

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

your

Let us

E6

G&7

sight that will

sea.

There's a

ern

G7

C7

Here's the Jap- an-ese

B C

Sand

man,

Sneak-

dew.

He'll buy your old day from you.

He will take ev-'ry

B7

through,

And he'll give you to-

C G7

Then you'll be a bit old-

mor

er

bold-

hand

row

er

Trade him

sil- ver

G7

man,

Here's the Jap- an-ese Sand

for

trad - ing new days for

And you'll be a bit

G7

new.

In the dawn when you wake,

with the new day you make.

Just to start life a

D7

man,

of the day that is

sor- row

C7

Just an old sec-ond hand

D7

ing in with the

G7

A7

227

old.

F7

man,

Just an

old

sec- ond

G7

228

April Showers

A A7

Tho' A - pril

that bloom in

May.

So if its

flo - wers

They bring the

rain - ing

Em

have no re - grets,

A7

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

B A7

see

up - on the

clouds

Em

B7

hills,

dils,

So keep on

B7

you soon will see

look - ing for

E7

when

ev - er

A - pril

crowds

Gm

of daf - fo -

and

list -'ning for his

blue - bird,

A7

song,

Be - cause it

B7

E7

A7

may come your way,

Show - ers

A7

Louis Silvers & Bud DeSylva

1921

Sho - wers come a - long.

229

The Whiffenpoof Song

Tod B. Galloway - 1909

We're

A B

poor

F7

F7

gone

Baa!

a- stray,

B G

ter-

ni-

C7

such

as

We're

lit-

Baa!

A7

on a spree,

Lord

have

F7

Baa!

who have

F&7

Doomed from here

A7 G7

Baa.

F7

Off

tle black sheep

F7

Baa!

C7

ty.

we,

C7

way.

B7

our

Baa!

Gen - tle - men song - sters

who have lost

F7

Baa!

F7

lit-tle lambs

Baa!

to e-

mer-

cy

E6 B

Baa!

on

F7

230

Livery Stable Blues,

a la Muggsy Spanier

(Barnyard Blues)

Bb Bb7 Eb Eb Bb

F7

Bb

F&7

Eb

F7

B Bb

F7

Bb

Bb

Break - 1 Bar

Bass Drum

Bb7

Lopez & Nues, 1917

Eb

G7

C7

Bb

Bb

F7

Bb

1st time Only

Bass, Trombone, & Bass Drum

Bb7

Eb

Bb

G7

Last Time: To Coda

C7

F7

Bb

Bb

F7

Bb

Trombone Gliss to "C"

Coda:

Bb

Bass Drum

F+7

Bb

Fine

C Bb

Harmonize

Clarinet Break

C7

Trombone

Bb

231

Eb

Cornet "Horse Whinny"

1 X Only - Trombone

F7

Bb

Bb

F7

Bb

Bb

Solos

Bb7

Eb7

Bb

G7

C7

F7

Bb

Bb F

Bb

Break: 3 Bars:

E Bb

Harmonize

F7

Clarinet Break

Bb

Eb

Cornet "Horse Whinny"

G7

Trombone

C7

Bb

Bb

F7

Bb

Back to "B" - Take CODA:

Somebody Stole My Gal

232

A B

B/C

F7

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

G7

Leo Wood 1918

B/C F7

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

C7

F7

I know now what it means to be sad,

C
G7
C

She on - ly left yes - ter - day,

B B

F7/C

Some- bod- y stole

F7

my

gal.

C7
G7

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

For I've lost the best gal

C7

I ev - er had.

F7

Some - bo - dy stole her a - way.

Bass Pickups

F7
F&7 B


Some- bod- y stole my

A7 A7

pal.

C7

F7

She did-n't ev- en,

bar break

say she was leav- in'.

D F7/C F7
F7
E7 D7
B

F7

The kis-ses I Iove

Gee!

bro-

1.B

gal!

so,

He's get- tin'now

B7

ken

C7

heart- ed,

G7

would come to

F7

But

me,

C7

if she could see,

F7

lone- some pal.

C7

know.

I know that she,

Some bod- y stole

gal!

E7

her

my

233

Somebody Stole My Gal

(Foxtrot Version)

Bass Pickups

C7

A7A7

G7

pal.

She did- n't

B B
B

The kis-ses

F7

But

en,

so,

see,

came

her

F7

stole

bro-

F&7

my

1. B

leav-

in'.

F&7

would come to

heart-

G7

a- way.

He's get- tin' now

ken

took her

F7

and

F7

I know that she,

say she was

Gee!

C7

ev-

F&7

F7

F7

F7

Some- bod-y stole my

B7

Some bod- y

gal.

F7/C

love

C7

Some- bod- y

C7

F7/C F7

Some- bod-y stole my

B7

A B

Leo Wood - 1918

C7

ed,

F7

lone-

if she could

C7

some pal.

B E7 B

gal!

know.

me,

C7

234

Beale St. Blues

F
C7
F
C7

see

pret - ty

see

Hog - Nose rest -'rants

Browns

Beale Street Could

Bb

tail

Jugs

tell

Bbm

skilled,

Now just

sham,

bod - y

C7

hets

If

Beale Street could

killed.

New Je - ru - sa - lem.

Gold - en

balls

And the

blind man

on

You'll
If

Beale

Mar - ried

men,

And

two,

es,
Who

clos - es

e - nough to

'til some pave the

the corner who sings these

C7

You'll see

plac - es, once plac

You'll see

F
F7

bus' ness nev - er

2.

You'll

You'll see

talk,

Ex -cept one or

Ca - fe's,

You'll meet hon - est

And

walk.

You'll find that

nev - er drink booze,

1.

Chit - lin

and

gowns,

and

by - gone days.
bags

beau - ti - ful

hand - me - downs.

of

pick - pock - ets

a

Gm
F C G7
C7

men_would have_to pack their

Bb

in

talk,

or - mades and
that

F
C7
F

F7

Street Blues..

Well I'd

235

Bb

F7

rath - er

be

goin' to

the river,

rath - er

be

Bb7

Than an - y

here,

Than an - y

Eb

I'd rath - er be here,

and

bye.

place

know

Than

Bb

an - y place I

know.

And there's a rea - son why:

I said I'd rath - er be there,

Than

It's

to

gon - na

Be - cause

For

know.

I said I'm goin' to the river,

Bb

F7

bye

Ebm

place

May - be

there,

Bb

F7

take

the

riv

New

York

Bb Bb7 Eb

make

me

go.

Beale Street's done

gone

dry.

Beale Street's paved

with

gold.

an - y place I

know

the

ser

er's

wet

and

may

be

all right,but

Ebm Bb

geant

E7 F7
f going back to "A"

Well I'm
I'd

236
q = 195

Stock Yard Strut

A Eb

Eb

F7

F7

Bb7

Bb7

Eb7

D7

Eb

Bb7

Eb

Eb7

Bb7

B Eb

Bb7

F7

Eb

Eb

Eb

Eb

F7

Bb7

Eb

Eb

Bb7

Bb7

Eb

Bb7

Bb7

Bb7

Eb

Eb Break

Eb

Eb7

Bb7

Bb7

Eb

Eb

Eb7

Ab

Ab

Adim

Adim 3

F7

Bb7

Eb

C Eb

Eb

Bb7

Bb7

Bb7

Eb

Eb

Bb7

Eb

Bb7

Eb

Edim

Bb7

Cm

Eb

237

C7

Bb7

Bb7

Eb

Eb

Eb

Eb

Eb

Eb7

Eb7

Ab

Ab

Adim

Adim

Eb

C7

Rhythm section plays charleston rhythm

F7

Bb7

Eb7 Ebdim
Abm7 Eb
Eb7 Ebdim
Abm7
Eb

On The Alamo

238

Isham Jones & Gus Kahn - 1922

A7 E7 C
A7
A G7 A7 G

Where the moon swings low

A7

fair

D7

B7

where

ros-

es

grow,

G7 A7

wan-

der

to

wait

and

fro.

by the gar-

den

D7

A7

B7

love

you

so".

dreams

it

seems

go

low,

A7

On

D7

the

E7

A7

her

For she said

I'll

A7

On the night

B7

all

my

And

can hear

in

Where the moon swings

Al-

der

Break

B7

"I

A7

E7

the ten-

gate,

said

E7

D7

D7

In

In a gar-den

night,

A7

A7

B7

mo,

B7

of the sum- mer

B
G7 A7 G

A7

F7

light

A7

On the Al- a-

a-

mo.

C7

239

When The Saints

A C

I am
Well I
Want to

land
help
ang

of
me
- el

D7

G7

sin;
win,
band,

B C

C#dim

Dm7

march - ing

num - ber

G7

When

march - ing
march - ing
march - ing

y
in
the

for
that
that
pro
trum - pets

in.
in.
in.

Oh when the

saints

G7

C7

the saints

go

want

to

march - ing

in.

go

be

G7

Oh lord

in

this
to
the

C7

Oh when the

in

Fm7

Gett - ing
read
I want to be
Want to
hear

go march - ing

saints

Plod - ding thru

For thestrength
Want to play in

pil - grim
heav - en,
band,

When the saints come

When the saints come
When the saints come

Fdim

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

Fdim

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

just
pray
join

C7

in

that

240

Some Sweet Day

Tony Jackson - Ed Rose - Abe Olman - 1917

q = 146

G/B

Bb

D7/A

G#

Am

D7 D&

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

Gm

not the

G/B

first

time

Bb

win - ter

D/A

A7

Em

D7/A

G#

A7

B7

Em

Am

D7 D&

by

A7

my

me some - day,

A7

But

I'll

be

far

side,

G D7

It's

D&

In

But when

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

way.

For - ev - er

kind,

D7

has been in pain this

to - day.

me

heart

D7

long for

my poor

Gm Bb D/A

sum - mer's near you

B7

time you're good and

D7

a - way.

You're goin'to

'Cause when the

241

B G

cold

D7

friends

D7

G7

G7/F

A7/E

wind does blow

with its

and its

soon will

melt

G7

turn a - way,

I'll have mine

ice

snow,

Bb

for each sor -

G7/F

row

A7/E

I have

time will prove

what I

Some Sweet Day.

D7/A

felt.

A7

G G7 G

A7

say.

D7

(Yes,Some Sweet

Then your heart

D7

And when your

Now's your time,

Day.)

242

Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider

Eddie Munson & Eddie Leonard - 1903

A B

D F7

In the re-gion where the ros- es

C7

F7

al-ways bloom,

F7

on the air their sweet per- fume,

F7

call my own,

B B

F7

G7

maid I long to

F7

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

F7

love the best,

sink- in' in that gold- en West,

Breath-ing out up-

C7

F7

Lives a dus- ky

Red Breast gone to seek their nests.

F7

D F7

When the sun is

C7

G7

F7

Lit- tle Rob- in

Then I sneak down to that place I

C7

F7

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

sigh:

F&7

243

C B

I-

F7

da,

Sweet as ap-ple

D7

der,

Come

out,

D B

Seems tho',

love

you

per,

can't live with-out

I-

da,

I-

da,

than all I

you,

i-

dol-

C7

F7

'deed

do.

moon-

light,

low.

F7

Lis- ten

C7

so soft and

G7

Sweet- er

in the silv- 'ry

F7

D7

F7

C7
of love we'll whis-

ci-

G7

know.

F7

Oh, Hon-ey

C7

ize

do!

ya,

F7

Solos at "C"

244

Someday Sweetheart
Spike Brothers & Carter - 1919

A C

You

A7

told me that

you loved me true,

A7

broke your vow

B7

me you'll sigh

it seems I'm al-ways blue.

in you.

a-way.

and the days

that

You

But there'll come a day

When you're far

be-lieved

D7

C6

and now some-how-

and

G7

You'll sit

D7

have gone

a-lone

G7

by.

and cry

for

Some- day Sweet-

245

G&7

heart,

D7

G7

done

G&7

gret

did

now,

D9

G&7

sow

weep

to

my

be

sor-

poor

drift

and

can't

see

so shall you

some - day,

reap,

heart.

bro-

ken,

a-

sweet - heart.

for

what you've

You

may

re-

The

part,

You're hap-

F6

how,

G7

you.

B7 B7 A7

dear, and what you

py

the

wear-

F7

G7

G7/D

us

ry

vows you've

made

will ev- er come to

blues

G7

may

the

that

C C9

you

B7

things you

B7 B7 A7

But

as

you

D7

reap will make you

G7

Some - day

Sweet -

246

'Til We Meet Again

1918

A Cm

G7

Cm

Bb7

Bb

falls
trace

As a
When we

B
Eb

F7

sol - dier
meet in

boy
the

Then

Abm

C
Eb

Wed - ding bells

Ab
Eb7

ry.

Eb

So wait

will seem more blue,

Bb7

Bb7+

Eb

so mer - ri - ly,

C7

and pray each night for me,

Eb7

in

lov - ers land

'Til

my dear - ie

Eb

Ev - 'ry

F7

Bb+7

Bb7

by I'll come to you.

Bb7

down

sweet e - cho
tear blight - ing

This
The

Bb7

F7

Abm Eb

When the clouds roll

Bb7

will ring

Cm

whis - pers good - bye

af - ter - a - while

C7

the skies

Bb7

Smile the while you kiss me sad a - dieu

Ab

O - ver high gar - den

walls
And the smile will
e - rase

sigh.
smile

Each sweet - heart has heard with a

Hel - lo means the birth of a

G7

Bb7

There's a song in the land of the li - ly

Tho'good - bye means thebirth of a tear drop

Eb

Eb

tear

Bb7

will

be

Eb

we meet

a - gain.

a mem - o -

247

Just A Closer Walk

F

C7

F
F

F7

C7

Bb

C7

C7

C7

G7

248

After The Ball

q = 100

A Eb

B E

Why

lit - tle maid

for

are

Ab

Adim7

Have

C Cm

B7
-

en

climbed an

old

B7

Begged

Charles K Harris - 1891

Ab

Where

you

you

no

had

Adim

she

is

sto

sin

ry

"Do

gle,

why

Eb

C7

F7

ba

bies,

have

G7

live

you

Ab

B7

sweet - heart,

Eb

now

pet,

years,

tears

F7

you

will

Cm

a - lone?

B7

Eb

unc - le please"

G7

man's knee,

Eb

no home?

soon

Eb

a - go;

B7

know.

249

D Eb

List

to

the

Af - ter the ball

B7

F7

B7

A - ter the dan - cers leav

- ing,

Ma - ny

a heart

af

ver

B7

F E

- less,

is

I'll

C7

believed her faith

E E

ry,

so

tell

it

Ma - ny the hopes that have van - ished

ball.

B7

Af - ter the break

the

all.

ter

C7

af - ter the stars

B7

is break - ing

B7
E

G7

of

morn,

are

gone.

F7

if you could read them all

F7

B7

Af

ter

the ball.

250

When The Midnight Choo-Choo

Leaves For Alabam'
Irving Berlin - 1912

I've had a

A B

F&
B

might-y bu-sy-

The minute

day,

F&
B

I've had to pack my things a-

way. Now I`ll

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

face,'Cause I

that I reach the place,

key,

have - n't had

day

F&

C7

up my drear-ykiss my

good meal since the

Pa and

singthrow

key,

That opened

I went a- way.

I'm

goin'to

C7

flat, Where ma- ny wear- y nights I

sat, Think-ing

of the folks down

Ma,

star, Shin- ing

o- ver Al-

a doz-en times for ev- 'ry

ing
my-

merself

F7

me.

ba- ma's new mown

The ver- y

F&

home who think of

C7

give the land-lord back his rust- y

a

That is

hay.

I'll be

F7

ria-

ly;
way.

a-

why you'll hear me

e- nough to
glad

F7

When

that

251

F7

mid-night choo-chooleaves for Al- a-

fare.

by the col-lar

stop this train,

F7

When I

C7

C B7

bam',

F7

I'll be right there,

I've got my

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

F7

And I'll hol - ler,

Where my hon- ey- lamb

F7

am.

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

That's takin'me home a-gain.

I'll grab him

That's where you

G7

Back home where I'll re- main,

D7

I will be rightthere with bells,

When that old con-

F7
B F7

duc-tor yells, "All a-board!

All a-board!

All a-board for Al- a-

bam'.When that

252

All The Girls Go Crazy

Kid Ory

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

Bb Bb

Bb Bb
F

1916

C7

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

C7
F

F7
Bb Bb Bb Bb
F

C7

Solos Begin Here

F
Bb


B

girls
on

go
their

craz - y'bout the way that I walk

knees say - in'
"Ba - by,"

C7

Hon - ey'bout the way I

walk

Craz - y 'bout the way I

walk.

Bb
F

craz

knees

y 'bout the way that

plead - in'

walk,

"Ba - by,"

C7

Hon - ey 'bout the way

Craz - y 'bout the way

walk
walk

All the

C7

The way that I walk

Sayin'"Ba by,"

F7

F7

Bb

Yes, all the

girls

go

Yes, they fall

on

their

C7

'Bout the way that I walk,

Say - in' "Ba - by,"

F7

They fall
On to "C" after last solo:

253
Chorus: 1st Time Soft:

Bb
F

C7
F
F7

Bb

C7

Bb

F
F7

Climax Chorus: ad lib:

Bb

D

F7

Bb

C7

C7

F Bb7 F

254

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Gus Edwards & Edward Madden
1909

AG

Gdim

D7

Place

park

scene

dark,

Sil - v'ry moon

Act

two,

scene

new,

Ros - es bloom - ing all

Am

D7

Am

B7

E7

Am7

Gdim

Am

is shin - ing thru the trees,

a - round the place.

D7

Am7

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.

Gdim

D7

one,

be

Choir

sings,

bell

A7

spoon?"

My

more."

Act

Act

gun

Bm

D7

Gm6

Di - a logue,"where woud you like to

Preach - er, "You

rings

Em

are

wed for

e - ver

Em7 A7 D7

cue,

with

you,

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

two,

all

through,

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

By the

255

B G

Light

of

D7

moon,

beams

B7

soon,

Keep

croon

G7

A7

will

bring

E7

Cm

love's

A7

By

to

Am

E7

love's

E7

dreams,

we'll

D7

Moon.

Ho - ney

tune;

June,

the sil - ve - ry

want

D7

G#0

Em

- in' in

a shin

Moon,

B7

sil - ve - ry

to my ho - ney I'll

spoon,

the

A7

be

cud

Your

Am

sil - v'ry

dl - ing

256

Ballin' The Jack

Chris Smith - 1913

A D

E7

Folks

in

Geor- gia's

It's being done

G7

B7

'bout to

at

A7

go

C7

D7

down in Geor-gia came;

I'm

the

on-

ly

now has got the craze,

It's

the

I'm
That

the
is

parwhy

ty
I

inrave

B D

tro- duced
about

E7

Give

me

Play

cre-

dit

some good

Rag

G7

to know a thing

try

to

do

When
Once

do you'll

a - gain

the

the dance, Join right

A7

there,
so!

or two,

will show this

B7

done in mod- ern days,

that will make you prance;

D7

cie - ty

so!

B7

C7

new dance

per- son who's to blame,

A7

for spring-ing some-thing new;

all

it
it

so-

All

best dance

B7

Since that

all the ca- bar- ets,

in- sane

in

now

say

that

it's

bear!

steps

to

you

I'll

show:

Give

me

cre-

dit

Old

folks, young folks,

lit- tle dance to

you,

while you got the chance,

C7

257

C D7

G7

First you put your two knees close up tight,

G7

Twist

D D7

le

and

a- round with

D7

grace

space,

D7

Swing your foot

all

Then you

A7

nice and light,

B7

lov - in' arms straight out in

Step a-round the floor kind of

a- round and twist

Stretch

Then you sway'em to the left then you

A7

C7

sway'em to the right,

your might,

G7

Then you

way 'round then

D7

do the Ea- gle Rock with sty-

A7

bring it

back,

Now

Solos at "C"

that's

what

call

C7

"Ball-

in

the

Jack".

258

Bluin' The Blues

q = 120

F7

Henry Ragas 1918

Bb

C7

pp

F7

A

Bb7

Db7

E7

G7

C7

Eb7

D7

B F

Db7

F7

pp

Bb7

G7

Db7

C7

E7 Eb7

D7

C7

259

C F

Db7

F7

Solos

pp

Bb7

G7

D F

Bb7

G7

Db7

F7

E7 Eb7

C7

C7

C7

C7

E7 Eb7

D7

C7

pp

F7

Db7

D7

260

In the Sweet By and By

Joseph Philbrick Webster

AC

1. Theres a

land that is fair - er than day,

And

by

on that beau - ti - ful shore

The

me - lo - di - ous songs of

the

Fa - ther a - bove,

We

will

of - fer our trib - ute

of

2. We shall sing
3. To

our bount - i - ful

G7

faith we can see

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

G7

pare

us

sigh
bless

for
ings

the
that

B C

sweet

bless hal
-

dwell

sweet

ing

place

there.

ing
low

of
our

rest.
days.

In

G7

by

and

by,

by

and

by,

the

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

G7

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

In

the

261

Any Time
A7

An - y

D7

blue,

An - y

A7

your love for me is

'bout

A7

true.

me,

That's the

E7

you,

So

D7

me

back

a - gain,

C#0

G7

you.

An - y

time

you're think - ing

an

- y

that's the

An - y

time

you

of

say

you

G7

time

2. C

I'll be think - ing

time

A7

1.

That will

G7

want

you feel down heart - ed,

you're feel - ing

time

Fm

D7

An - y

G7

time

D7

prove

G7

you're feel - ing lon - ly,

time

Herbert Lawson 1921

you.

I'll

come back home

to

And They Called It Dixieland

262

Raymond Egan & Richard Whiting - 1916

They built a

C7

A F

D7
G7

lit- tle gar-den

D7

for the rose,

And theycalled it Dix- ie-

sum-mer breezeto

F A7

keep thesnows

D7

land.

G7

land. They built a

far a- way from Dix- ie-

They built the

G7

fin-est place I'veknown, When theybuiltmy home sweethome, Noth-ing was for-got- ten inthe

land

of cot-

ton,from the

B F

took an

an- gel

C7

bit

of heav- en

A7

clo- ver to the hon- ey

from the skies,

C7

twice as nice as

comb,

A7

in her eyes,

in the land,

And they gave her heart to

Just as blue as blue can

G7

fine spring chick -ens

C7

D7
G7

D7

G7

And

then they

me.

She had a

be.

They put some

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

A7

D7
G7
C7

Par- a- dise,

And theycalled it

Dix- ie-

land.

263

Toot, Toot, Tootsie

Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito - 1922

A B

F7

Toot, Toot,

F7

takes

me,

B B

Kiss me,

E7

Toot - sie

the

Tut,

Tut,

C7

let-

ter

then you

Toot-

sie

nev-

Toot, toot,

Toot - sie,

er

know I'm

F&7

a- gain.

Good - bye.

in

If

jail,

F7

cry.

fail,

don't

that

B9

C7

C7

o- ver

I'll

words can tell how sad it makes me

Do it

F7

and then,

no

F7

The choo choo train

C7 F&7

mail,

you don't get

C B

don't cry,

Good - Bye!

C7

Toot- sie,

a- way from you

Watch for

Toot-sie,

F7

Toot, Toot,

C7

F7

264

Ostrich Walk
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - 1918

G7

D7

G7

A7

D7

G7

D7
G7

A7

C7

B C

A7

CBreak

G7Break

G7

Clarinet

D7

Cornet

G7

D7

Stop Time 4 bars

Trombone

D7

G7

1.C

C Break

Trombone

2. C

F
C

G7

G7

Break

G7
C

Break

Break

G7

D7

265

G7

C C

D7

C7

A7

D C

D7

A7

D7

Trombone

G7

G7

G&7
C

sfz

G7

G7

Clarinet

Cornet

Stop Time 4 bars

C Trombone

D7 G7

G7

G7

Unison

C G&7

266

Missouri Waltz John Eppel & J.R. Shannon

AC

Hush

Rest

G7

a - bye,

your head

as

in

- my hums

days

by.

Way

Strum,

Hum,

strum,

hum,

When

tin - y child up - on

I was a

Gm

my mom - my's knee; The

D7

The

down in Miss - our - i where I

G7

C0

tune;

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

B Am

fall - in' while the soft bree - zes

are

long gone

heard this mel - o - dy.

soon;

D7

com - in'

is

my breast while mom

G7

time

by, slum - ber

call - in' where shad - ows

is

D7

sigh

up - on

sand - man

ba

G7

my

1914

G7

and

E7

low.

Am

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

Am

E7

hum, hum, hum, Tha - t same

Am

old plaint - ive strain.

Am

C A

E7

that mourn - ful

Hear

Am

E7

mel - o

song.

D7

Dix - ie

to

Dix

G7

by,

long,

G7

it seems when you hear that old

time

ie - land

in

a - gain with

dreams

me;

It

and the old folks were strum - min. that

G7

Way

down in Miss - our

G7

D7

old re - frain.

It just haunts you the wh - ole day

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

Am

G7

E7

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

Jour - ney back

same

267

Am

Am

dy,

and you wan - der in dreams back to

E7

- i, where I learned this lull - a -

when

Am

the stars were blink - in' and the moon

hear Mom - my Chloe, as

in days long a - go,

D7

sing - in'"Hush

was climb - in' high,

G7

bye."

and I

268

I Want To Do the Bear Cat Dance

Shelton Brooks (1913)

q = 164

A A7

Sa - die hall

Miss

went

to a

ball

en

tered

in the hall

Am

Ab

D7

the

C/G

Sa - die watched them

walked out

on

schol - ars

how

for

while

the

floor,

do

D7

then

the Bear

she

tune.

They were

G7

be - gan

chance.

G7

to

Miss

D7

Cat Dance.

then thought she'd take a

Am

Just

to

A7

June.

D7

all

rag - time

they played a

in

A7

teach - ing

night

as she

balm - y

one

G7

D7

roar,

So she

269

B C

G7

D7

bear, its' a bear, but

I don't care

G7 C

C7

I want to do it

I want to do it

A7

G7

I want to do it

D7

want to do it an - y

now!

It's a

G7

how.

G7 C

G7 C7

That tune is snap - py

A7

It makes you hap - py

D7

You feel you want to

G7

fess - or keepit up, keepit

up, keepit up,'cause I want to do the Bear Cat

dance! Oh pro

dance.

270

After You've Gone

q = 110 - 120

1916

C7

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

C7

A7

goin' a - way?

Gm7

Don't

C7

ba

by's heart.

Am

D7

Loved you

Gm

see

say that

my

C7

tears?

I say

How could you tell me that you're

Dm7

C7

we

D7

Don't you break your

C7

F7

must part,

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

both night

and

Bb7

F7

List - en

Oh hon - ey

Day

Gm7

Dm7

C7

while

say.

ba - by can't you

271

B Bb

Bbm6

Af - ter you've gone,

D7

and left me cry - in'

there's no

F7

de - ny - in'

You'll feel

Bbm6

now don't for - get it,

Gm7

D7

Af - ter you've gone

There'll come a

when you'll re - gret it.

A7

Dm7

sad

D9

When you grow lone - ly

Bb

had.

There'll come a time,

Bbm6

You'll feel

Af - ter you've gone,

blue

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

C9

time

Gm7

D7

Some

day

Fdim

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

Gm7

C7

F6

Af - ter you've gone A - way.

F7

Solos at "B"

272

Dardanella
Felix Bernard & Johnny Black - 1919

G
G
G
G

A G

Down

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

D7

sighs,

B E

Soon

F7(b5)

shall re - turn to Turk- e-

will

E7(b5)

A7

ask for her heart

By

And weaves her love spell so si-

She looks a - cross the seas and

eyes,

B7

the Dar- da-nelles with glow-ing-

ni - an

D7

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

There lives a lone-some maid Ar- me-

D7

re-

ni- an.

and

stan.

hand.

D7 Break

Bass

D7

Oh,

sweet Dar-da- nel- la,

nel-

G
E7

a luck- y fel-low

knows my love for you,

D G

Oh,

To cap-ture-such a prize.

E7

tent

Oh,

Dar-da-

Break 1 bar

oh hear my sigh,

My Or- i- en- tal,

D7

sweet Dar- da- nel-la,

Pre-parethe wed-ding wine,

one girl

Oh Al-lah

And he tells you to be true,

D7

la,

in my

ha-

just

like

B7

C7 D

A7

the chil-dren-

sweet Dar- da- nel- la,

of

There'll

be

B7/D

rem when you're mine.

I love your ha-rem eyes.

D7

I'm

A7

273

We'll build

the

Or- i-

ent.

D7

My star of love di- vine.

274

Down Yonder
L. Wolfe Gilbert - 1921

A B

C7

Rail- road train,

C7

Put

Hus-

C7

Broth-

C7

Rail- road train,

Hur-

ry

some more.

F7

lit-

tle

on,

tle

steam on

just

C7

Bus-

tle

like

nev-

er

F7

on,

I've

be- fore.

got

the blues.

F7

for

my

Swan-

ee

er

if

you

Yearn- ing

F7

You'd want

to

hur-

ry

shore,

on-

ly

up

knew,

F7

too.

275

B7

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

I seem to

more and more,

C B

Down

Ev- 'ry

F7

day,

my mam-

B7

F7

There's dad- dy

G7

my,

Wait- in' down yon-

I miss you

my,

der

or

ply grand.

Don't

sim-

B7

and mam-

C7

ry,

my land, You're

Yon-der when the folks get the news,

Swan-ee shore

F7/C

Break 2 Bars

mem- o-

C7

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

F7

see a race in

C7

yon-der some-one

reck-ons on me.

F7

Down

F7

B7

Down

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

There's Eph- raim and

me.

Sam-

276

Chicago
A B

D
C7
F7
C7
F7

Chi - ca - go,

Fred Fisher - 1922

C7

Chi- ca-

F7

ca-

go,

ca-

tod - dl' in' town,

That tod- dl'-in' town,

Chi-

go,

go,

I'll

F7

Chi-

show you a- round,

love it,

C7

C7
B

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

C7

F7

town that

B B

F7

Bil- ly

C7

do things

F7

ca

go

put

go,

C7

The

F7

down!

On

F7
C7
F7
D C7

D7

just want to say,

of their life,

C7

Chi- ca-

Sun-day could not

they don't do

go,

B/D B/D

State Street, that great street,

A7(b5)

in Chi- ca-

G7

I saw

a man,

he danced

Chi - ca - go

F7

Say,

C7

my

home

They

on Broad- way,

just want to say,

They have the time the time

B B

town!

with his

C7

wife,

In Chi-

F7

277

Baby Won't You Please Come Home

Clarence Williams and

Charles Warfield - 1919

A F

Ab

G7

I've got the blues,

G7

C7

I could on

C7

feel so

A7 A7b5

lone

Dm A+

G7

ly,

I'd give the world

G7

F7

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

Dm7

G7

C7

when you're gone

all for - lorn,

A7

C7

Dm

C#

lone.

I have tried

A7

When you left you broke my

in

vain,

D7

heart,

F Eb7b5 D7

you will hear me say,

Bb

G7

"Cause

C7

long.

Dm7

"cause your mam - ma's all

Db9

C7

nev - er no more to call your name.

Gm7

Bb

hour in the day,

all day

G7

home,

wor - ry

G7

Ba - by won't you please come

G7

Dm7

grand.

As you won't you please come home,

D7

Bb

C#

I'm

B F

by,

if

It sure - ly would be

C7

C7

Dm7

- ly make you un - der - stand.

Ab

Ab

A7

Be -cause I nev - er thought we'd part.

G7

C7

Ba - by won't you please come

home.

Ev -'ry

278

When You Wore A Tulip

Percy Wenrich & Jack Mahoney - 1914

A F

met you

in

G7

gar - den

in

sun

was

kissed you

shin - ing

as

down,

you

wore

yel - low

placed a

on

my

coat

you

has

G7

love

not changed your

you

pinned

in

rose

so

rare.

your

lov - li - ness, you're just

Up -

hair,

The

gown.

tu - lip

ging - han

town,

C7

G7

C7

old Ken - tuck - y

an

C7

Time

as sweet to

D7

me,

C7

yet

can't for - get

the

days that used

to

be.

When

279

B F

you wore

G7

You made

down where

D7

sweet- er

C7

wore

life

the

'twas

no

one

cheer- y,

blue

than

jul-

ep,

ip,

and

D7

en

blessed me, what

knows.

you called

when

red

you wore

rose.

dear- ie,

grows,

me

G7

F7

A7

grass

big

then Heav

F7

when

tul-

C7

low

rose,

red

ca - ressed me,

C F

bless - ing

sweet yel-

big

ip,

tul-

wore

When you

F7

that

Your

lips

tul-

ip

'twas

were

and

280

Ain't We Got Fun

q = 185

A B

C
F7
B

B7

Bill col - lec - tors gath - er

Kahn & Egan Whiting

1921

'Round an

rath - er

F7

A7

Men the gro - cer and butch - er sent

in

hap - py

F A D7 F

A7

chap - py And his

G D7

so cheer - ful

Here's an ear - ful

Men who call for the rent.

bride of

on - ly

G G7 C7

be

cot - tage next

Haunt the

door.

Of the chat - ter you

G9/D

year,

But with

D7

Seem to

F B7 C F&

hear.

B B

Ev -'ry morn - ing,

F7

Ev -'ry eve - ning,

Ain't we got

fun!

Not much mon - ey,

B
B7

Oh, but hon - ey

Ain't we got

We have'nt a

E - ven

But an - y

car,

way,

if

we

owe

the

Tax

get - ting

D7

There's noth - ing

sur

col - lec - tor's

Eb

In the mean - time

G7

dear,

Dm F7

dear.

F7

gro - cer

F7

The rent's un - paid,

fun!

Eb

Dm
A7

281

F7

We'll stay as we

Don't

clos - er

are,

we

have

fun?

B7

Still

we

have

fun!

Gm
Cm
A7
B
Eb F7

er,

the rich get rich and the poor get poor - er

in be - tween time

F7

Ain't We Got

Fun!

If You Were The Only

Girl In The World

282

Clifford & Nat Ayer - 1916

If

E7

you were the on-

ly

AG

A7 D7

D7

B
G E7
A7 D7

There

C A

you

A7
I

A7

on

lov-ing

And

C&/G

would

would

D7/A

be

were

the

were

the

in

D7

such

C
on-

D7

old

der-ful

der -ful

E7

ly

girl

in

the

ly

boy.

to-

day.

D7

way.

G B

things to do,

on-

things to you,

A7

our joy.

D6

won-

ly

With noth- ing to mar

such won-

were the on-

D&7/B
G/B

say

the world

in the same

E - den just made for two,

in the world,

D&7
G

We could go

gar- den of

girl

D7

Noth- ing else would mat- ter

A7

boy,

A7

If

E&

E7

world,

and

283

Shoot 'Em
G

C6

G7

C/G

A7

C/G

A7

C6

286

Lassus Trombone
C
@

G7 C

G7

A7

D7

13

20

2. C

26

D7

To Coda

D7

G7

G7

1. C

A7

G7

D7

G7

287

32

D7

G7

1.

2.

D.S. al Coda ending

F
C7
F

TRIO

F7

C7

D7

G7

G7

C7

1. F

2. C

2. F

D7

1. C

Over in the Glory Land

286

q = 200

I've a
What a
Now if

O - ver

in

long
tell
kin

O - ver

B F

Glor

be
all
saved

in

that

Ov

Glor - y

Land,

Glor - y

Land,

Land,

Land

Bb

O - ver in that Glor - y

sing - in'

ver in that

Yes,

Glor - y hal - le - lu - ia

Land.

F7

C7

O ver in that Glor - y

C7

Yes,

Bb

I
just
with

side,
too,
be,

I'm

F7

Sa vior's
com
in'
e
ver

Land.

bide,
see,
do,

And
You
And

ver in that Glor - y

by
my
that I'm
there for

a I'll
I

Land,

er in that Glor - y

C7

Glor

where the saints

that my Lord
be
fore

C7

that

to
them
dred

pre - pared
ful
thought
get
there

home
joy you

James Acuff and Emmett Dean

A F

Land.

ver in that

287

My Gal Sal

Bb

They

called

Bb

sort

her

of

Bb

bles

will - ing

to

D7

dead

sor - rows

the

was

A7

heart that

was

share.

liar

an

wild

al

sort

of

C7

Gal

Your

she was

A7

Bb

My

mel - low,

pal.

care

G7

was

old

and

lev - el

pe - cu

C7

my

F7

Sal,

G7

Dm

Gm
on

With a

trou

- lous

gal,

fell - ow

all 'round good

friv - o

Dm

Paul Dresser
1905

Sal.

de - vil,

ways

but

288

Weary Blues

C
A

C7

To Coda
C

G7

G7

G7

C7

G7

D.C. al Coda
2. C

1.

C7

C C7

C7

C7

D7

C7

Solos at "C"

Bb

289

Shim-Me-Sha Wabble
A G

D7 G

D7

G7

A7

D7

D7

D7

A7

D7

B D7

D7 G

D7

F7

A7

D7

A7

D7

D7

D7

290

Carolina In The Morning

A

E7

G7

D7

D7

ed,

That's all

E7

wish - ing,

But

do

all

G&

Wish - ing for sweets I've

day.

May - be there's noth - ing in

A7

D7

speak - ing

G7

of

G6

wish

ing

I'll

A7

be in Ca - ro - li - na in the mor

A7

A7

D7

A6

Where the mor

ning

A7

- ty

sto - ries

E7

the

A7

I long to

ning

E7

twine a - round

B7

glo - ries

Whis - pe - ring pret

G7

No one could be swee - ter than my swee - tie when I meet her in the mor

ning

say.

Noth - ing could be fi ner than to

Still it's a hab - it they say.

tast

Wish - ing is good time wast - ed,

D7

hear

door

D7

once

more

291

G7

Strol - ling with

my

G6

gir - lie where the

A7

A7

A6

dew

is

kiss each lit tlebut - ter cup at

dawn

G7

day

D&7

the

I'd

flut - ter

and

If I had A - lad - din's lamp for

ing.

A7

D7

make a wish and here's what I'd

E7

up

A7

Noth - ing could be fi - ner than to

in

A7

But - ter - flies all

on - ly

ear - ly

ning

pear - ly

D7

mor

be in Ca ro - li - na in the mor

D7

ning

say

292

You Made Me Love You

q = 112

G7

D7

I`be been worr - ied

B&7

B7

D7

I can't help

all day

Why oh

A7

cry - ing,

why should

say,

I feel

blue?

A7

no usr de - ny - ing

G7

Don't know if

just what I

G7

long,

makes me

Once I

used

to

wrong.

D7

B7

I'm right or

A7

Your love

D7

James Monaco &

Josephy Mc Carthy
1913

speak this

way.

laugh at you

A7

That no one else but you will

But now I'm

D7

do.

293

G0

You made

me

D7

love

you,

Am7

D7

E7

You

But

You made

me

D7

F7

that's

Gim - me,

gim - me

what I

Em7

A7

that I'd

die

for,

made me glad,

D7

me

feel

D7

so

bad.

Am

D7

Am

E7

I guess you al - ways knew it,

Am7

Am

for,

want some love,

you

dear, you made

sigh

times,

G0

did - n't wan - na do it,

A7

there were times

And allthe time you knew it,

did - n't wan - na do it,

py some

D7

made me hap -

A7

Am7

you,

Eb7 E7

D7

You mademe want

Am7

did - n't wan - na tell you, I

did - n't wan - na tell you,

B7

true, yes I do,'deed I

cry

for,

You know you made

do, you know I do.

A7

you know you got the brand of kiss - es

D7

me

love

you.

294

I A'int Got Nobody

q = 124

C&

There's a

say - ing

E7

Once

go - ing

C6

had

lov - ing

'round

and

I be - gan to think it's

D7

gal

now she`s done and

left

when they don't care

C&

the

me,

true

G7

she

It's

sweet - est lit - tle thing in

D7(b5)

you.

D7

and

a - bout

G7

G7

A7

love some - one

C&

aw - ful hard to

C&

B7(b5)

C6

town,

G7

has turned me

down.

Now

295

C9

C9

B9

B9

A9

D7

D7

ain't

A7

G7

C E D7

C7

I'll sing you

be

that

lov -

C9

no - bod

so sad and lone

G7

G7

all

the

time,

mom - ma

of

mine,

ain't

got

cares

no

G7

for

you'll

G7

If

D7

D7

A7

A9

D7

ly,

me?

B9

A7

I'm

B9

C9

in'

and

D7

D7

y,

C9 B9 B9 A9 D7

love songs hon - ey

C9

come and take a chance with

me.

G7

C7

A7

bod

D7

won't some - bod - y

no

D7

no - bod - y cares for

D7

got

D7(b5)

bod

me.

D7(b5)

'Cause

and

296

In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree

E. Van Alstyne

q = 100

AD

In the shade of

A7

the

old

eyes I could

see

bird

Seemed to

B

hear the

dull

buzz

of

you

the

said

to

wait - ing for

me

you

tree

When the love

in

your

A7

When the voice that I

whis - per sweet

A7

ap - ple

E7

like the song of the

mu - sic

to

With a

the

old

In the blos - soms

as

A7

heart that

A7

I could

me

bee

In the shade of

heard,

is

true,

I'll be

ap - ple

tree

297

Are You From Dixie?

A G

Hel- lo there stran ger how do you do?

14

B
G

18

long to be

Your smi ling face seems to

said from

24

to

me

I'm glad to

An - y

30

Dix - ie

place

be - low

Hur ray for

Where the fields

see you,

of

Tell me how

cot - ton

Are you from

be you,

and the

G7

friends I'm long ing to see.

28

be?

D6

me,

tell me can it

say to

D7

Dix - ie?

21

beck- on

A7

My sun ny home land,

Dix - ie?

You're from my own land,

I'm no de - tec - tive but I've just sur mised,

You're from the place where I

D7

Don't be sur - prised, You're re cog nized!

10

say to you.

There's some thing I'd like to

If you're from Al - a- ba ma,Ten nes see or

the

Ma - son

Dix - ie!

Dix - on

'Cause

line,

D7

I'm from Dix - ie

Ca - ro line,

Then you're from

too!