oh my honey oh my honey better hurry let s meander ain t you goin ain t you goin to the leader man the ragged meter man oh my honey oh my honey let me take you to alexander s grandstand grandstand 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 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 want to hear the swanee river played in ragtime come on and hear come on and hear alexander s ragtime band 