Oh Joe, With Your Fiddle And Bow
You Stole My Heart Away
Composer(s): William Tracey; Walter Donaldson



Malinda White most every night 
Took in a ragtime cabaret
She had a beau, his name was Joe
And he was hired there to play a ragtime violin 
To his raggy swing they'd sing 
The latest songs, the whole night long 
And to the jingle of the dimes 
Upon the floor he'd play some more
He'd rag the chorus fifty times
Malinda White would stay till the break of day she's say

When she was blue Malinda knew 
Just how to drive the blues away 
She'd think of Joe and quickly go 
Where she could hear her sweetie play a ragtime melody 
Then contented she would be 
His music sweet was sure a treat 
And to each syncopated note 
The people there upon the chairs 
Just kept a rockin' like a boat 
Each time she caught his eye
Lindy White would sigh then cry

Go on and rag a little upon your fiddle 
I love your harmony
The tunes you play every night 
No Master ever could write
Oh! there ain't much to it, but the way you do it
I just can't help but say 
Oh, Joe with your fiddle and bow
You went and stole my heart away