A popular song from 1915
Words by Jack Yellen
Music by Albert Gumble
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Come to town, oh honey, come to town,
Have you forgotten that it’s
Circus day in Dixie?
Let’s go down, we’d better hurry down
Where the crowd is cheerin’
That parade is nearin’
Hear the music sweet!
That’s for the dancers
Who don’t move their feet.
Gee! there’s goin’ to be
Lots of things I’m just dying to see
Chorus
Circus day in Dixie,
Circus day in Dixie,
Always is a holiday
Come along, come along
You better hurry, honey
The parade is comin’
Led by the leader man
Don’t he look mighty grand
See the funny lion,
Seems as if he tryin’
To keep time with the rag time band
Here come the clowns
Who wear the funniest clothes
There’s one who looks
Just like my Old Uncle Mose!
And see the cunnin’ little monkeys
Ridin’ on the donkeys
At the Circus down in Dixieland
- First let’s see the big menagerie
Follow the crowd this way
To see the main attraction
Step right in, they’re ready to begin
Gee! I’m all excited,
Glad I’ve been invited
Oh! before we go we’ve got to see
That Turkish dancin’ show
Everybody’s here?
Circus day only comes once a year
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: