(A Collegiate Razz-Berry)
A popular song from 1926.
Words and music by “Pat” Ballard.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Percival Damp was king of the campus
And strictly “College”
Never got pally, never would dally
With books of knowledge
But when summer rolled around
Percival had to labor
In his town he drove around
Shouting to ev’ry neighbor
Chorus
Any ice today, Lady? It’s nice today, lady?
How about a piece of ice today?
Oh! it’s only a quarter
You know that you oughter
Hurry up before it melts away
Yes, ma’am? Yes, Ma’AM?
Not on your linole-AM
No ma’am? No ma’AM?
“Giddy-ap, Napole-AN”
Your Papa’s a nice man
And so’s your old iceman
Oh! Lady, be good to me
- Percival wondered if he had blunder’d
When things got duller
He’d have been there had only his hair had
A diff’rent color
So he bought a red toupee
Just to deliver ice in
When he drove around he’d say
In a way most enticin’
Sung here by Vancha March: