Pack up all my care and woe
Here I go, singing low
Bye, bye blackbird
Where somebody waits for me
Sugar's sweet, so is she
Bye, bye blackbird
No one here can love and understand me
Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me
Make my bed, light the light
I'll arrive late tonight
Blackbird, bye, bye
No one here can love and understand me
Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me
Make my bed, light my light
I'll arrive late tonight
Blackbird, bye, bye
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?
Won't you come home?
She moans the whole day long
I'll do the cookin', honey
I'll pay the rent
I know I've done you wrong
Remember that rainy evening I threw you out
With nothing but a fine tooth comb
I know I'm to blame
Ain't that a shame
Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?
Won't you come home?
She moans that whole day long
I'll do the cookin', darling
I'll pay the rent
I know I've done you wrong
Remember that rainy evening I threw you out
With nothing but a fine tooth comb
I know I'm to blame
Ain't that a shame
Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?
Ma
He's making eyes at me
Ma
He's awful nice to me
Ma, he's almost breaking my heart
I'm beside him
Mercy, let his conscience guide him
Ma, he wants to marry me
Be my honey bee
Every minute he gets bolder
Now he's leaning on my shoulder
Ma, he's kissing me
Oh, every minute he gets bolder
Now he's leaning on my shoulder
Ma, he's kissing me
Oh, you beautiful doll
You great big beautiful doll
Let me put my arms about you
I could never live without you
Oh, you beautiful doll
You great big beautiful doll
If you ever leave me, how my heart will ache
I want to hug you, but I fear you'd break
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you beautiful doll
Oh, you beautiful doll
You great big beautiful doll
Let me put my arms around you
I could never live without you
Oh, you beautiful doll
You great big beautiful doll
And if you ever leave me, how my heart will ache
I want to hug you, but I fear you'd break
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you beautiful doll
Come on and hear
Come on and hear
Alexander's ragtime band
Come on and hear
Come on and hear
It's the best band in the land
They can play a bugle call like you never heard before
So natural that you wanna go to war
It's just the bestest band that am, honey lamb
Come on along (come on along)
Come on along (come on along)
And let me take you by the hand
Up to the man (up to the man)
Up to the man (up to the man)
Who's the leader of the band
And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime
Come on and hear (come on and hear)
Come on and hear (come on and hear)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Come on along (come on along)
Come on along (come on along)
Let me take you by the hand
Up to the man
Up to the man
Who's the leader of the band
And if you wanna hear ol' Swanee River played in ragtime
Come on and hear (come on and hear)
Come on and hear (come on and hear)
Alexander's Ragtime Band