[00:02.88]Alexander's Ragtime Band
[00:04.44]Bessie Smith
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[00:07.26]Oh my honey
[00:09.47]Oh my honey
[00:11.12]You better hurry and let's go down there
[00:13.63]Ain't you goin'?
[00:15.44]Ain't you goin'?
[00:17.00]To that leaderman, ragged meter man
[00:20.24]
[00:20.50]Oh honey
[00:21.75]Oh honey
[00:22.97]Let me take you to Alexander's
[00:26.20]Grand stand brass band
[00:29.36]Ain't you coming along?
[00:31.97]
[00:32.30]Come on and hear
[00:33.44]Come on and hear
[00:34.96]Alexander's ragtime band
[00:38.10]Come on and hear
[00:39.42]Come on and hear
[00:41.12]It's the best band in the land
[00:44.20]
[00:44.48]They can play the bugle call like you've never heard before
[00:47.98]Sounds so natural that you'll wanna go to war
[00:51.35]That's just the best band in the land
[00:55.14]Oh honey lamb
[00:57.13]
[00:57.39]Come on along
[00:58.28]Come on along
[00:59.92]Let me take you by the hand
[01:02.69]Up to the man
[01:04.29]Up to the man
[01:05.92]Who is the leader of the band
[01:09.09]And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime
[01:15.56]Come on and hear
[01:16.89]Come on and hear
[01:18.52]Alexander's ragtime band
[01:21.60]
[01:58.27]
[02:11.85]Come on and hear
[02:12.88]Come on and hear
[02:14.37]Alexander's ragtime band
[02:17.34]Come on and hear
[02:18.80]Come on and hear
[02:20.32]It's the best band in the land
[02:23.44]
[02:23.72]Listen to the bugle call
[02:25.58]
[02:30.39]Just the best band in the land
[02:34.60]Oh honey lamb
[02:36.64]Come on along
[02:37.68]Come on along
[02:39.43]Let me take you by the hand
[02:42.91]Up to the man
[02:43.73]Up to the man
[02:45.29]Who is the leader of the band
[02:48.24]And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime
[02:55.15]Come on and hear
[02:56.05]Come on and hear
[02:57.34]Alexander's ragtime band
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
Bessie Smith
Oh my honey
Oh my honey
You better hurry and let's go down there
Ain't you goin'?
Ain't you goin'?
To that leaderman, ragged meter man
Oh honey
Oh honey
Let me take you to Alexander's
Grand stand brass band
Ain't you coming 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 the bugle call like you've never heard before
Sounds so natural that you'll wanna go to war
That's just the best band in the land
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 is 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

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
Listen to the bugle call
Just the best band in the land
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 is 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