A popular song from 1915.
Words by Jos. W. Standish.
Music by Frederick V. Bowers.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- At our big Fair, you must be there
You’ll have the time of your life
As you all know, California’s not slow
Don’t fail to bring your wives
Welcome to all, that’s not a stall
You’ll feel at home, I’m sure
Tell ev’ryone there’s nothing but fun
For the wealthy as well as the poor
Chorus
At the Fair of Nineteen-fifteen
Which we all will celebrate
All the world will come a-running
Crowding through the Golden Gate
Then we’ll have our State so beautiful
California beyond compare
Come all, we’ll meet you, greet you
Treat you at our Nineteen Fifteen fair
- Take any car, not very far
There’s always something to see
Buildings so grand, the best in the land
Toyland grown up for me
Great Jewel Tower, talk of the hour
Zone full of sights bright and gay
Your brain fairly reels from head to your heels
With the wonders you see in a day
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: