Alexander ((aka Alexander's Ragtime Band (Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan) - 1911))
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
First performance/First recording/First release by: Emma Carus - 1911/Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - 1911
Covered by multiple other artists



Come on and hear, come on and hear Alexander's Ragtime Band
Come on and hear, come on and hear 'bout 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 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 ragtime
Come on and hear 
Come on and hear
Come on and hear 
Come on and hear
Alexander's Ragtime Band!

Come on and hear 
Come on and hear
Come on and hear 
Come on and hear
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Come on and hear (well here I come), come on and hear (I'm standing' right here)
It's the best band in the land
They can play a bugle call like you never heard before
That's just the bestest band what am, oh Honey Lamb

Come on along 
Come on along
Come on along 
Come on along
Let me take you by the hand (here's my lilywhites)
Up to the man (the mighty man), I'm talking 'bout the man
Mmm, the leader of the band
And if you care to hear that Swanee River played inn ragtime
Come on and hear 
Come on and hear
Come on and hear 
Come on and hear
Alexander's Ragtime Band

Alexander's Ragtime Band!