Sing Along With The Band!

You don't know the words?

Just bring along these lyrics and you too may sing along with the band!

In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town

Joe Young, Little Jack Little, John Siras (1932)

It's only a shanty in old Shanty Town
the roof is so slanty it touches the ground.
But my tumbled down shack by an old railroad track,
like a millionaire's mansion is calling me back.

I'd give up a palace if I were a king.
It's more than a palace, it's my everything.
There's a queen waiting there with a silvery crown [her silvery hair]
in a shanty in old Shanty Town.

Is It True What They Say About Dixie?

Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner & Gerald Marks (1936)

Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Does the sun really shine all the time?
Do the sweet magnolias blossom at everybody's door?
Do folks keep eating possum till they can't eat no more?

Is it true what they say about Swanee?
Is a dream by that stream so sublime?
Do they laugh, do they love, like they say in every song?
If it's true, that's where I belong.

Five Foot Two - Has Anyone Seen My Gal?

Ray Henderson, Sam Louis, & Joe Young (1925)

Five foot two, eyes of blue,
But oh! What those five feet can do,
Has anybody seen my gal?

Turned up nose, turned down hose,
Flapper, yes sir! One of those,
Has anybody seen my gal?

Now if you run into, a five foot two,
all covered with fur,
Diamond rings and all those things,
Betcha life it isn't her.

But could she love? Could she whoo?
Could she, could she, could she coo?
Has anybody seen my gal?

St. James Infirmary

Joe Primrose (1928)