Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey, better hurry and let's meander
Ain't you goin'
Ain't you goin'
To the leaderman, ragged meterman
Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey
Let me take you to Alexander's grand stand brass band
Ain't you comin' along
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, ma 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
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Oh, ma honey, oh, ma honey
There's a fiddle with notes that screeches
Like a chicken
Like a chicken
And the clarinet is a colored pet
Come and listen
Come and listen
To a classical band what's peaches
Come now, somehow, better hurry along
Come on and hear
Come on and hear
Alexander's Ragtime Band