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 want to go to war That's just the bestest band what am, oh my honey lamb 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 care to hear the Swanee River played in a ragtime Come on and hear, come on and hear, Alexander's ragtime band Come on and hear, come on and hear, Alexander's modern band
Come on and hear, come on and hear, it's the best band in the land They can boo be doo ye, doo de doo de, doo yen doo de That's just the bestest band what am, oh my honey lamb 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 care to hear the Swanee River played in cool time Or if you want to hear the Swanee River played in a ragtime Come on and hear, come on and hear, Alexander's ragtime band Be doo den doo be, de de doo be, doo ben doo, Alexander's ragtime band