A popular song from 1924.
Words by Lew Brown.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Here I am, how do do
I salaam, how are you?
That’s what Rufus Rastus Brown said
When he came into town
Here I come, here’s the band
I thought was gonna greet me?
I just got in from Tennessee
Where ev’rybody knows me
Chorus
‘Cause I’m the one and only one
And I am Dixie’s favorite son
And when I put on my glad rags
It’s just like waving the American flag
You’ve heard them shout and rave about
Dapper Dan and Lovin’ Sam
But where that trash, could just get Hash
I could get myself a lot of chicken and ham
And when I’m coming down the street
You ought to see me struttin’ my feet
I can hang my hat in any flat
And get myself a lot of lovin’ just like that
I’m just a great big Gungadin
They all walk out when I walk in
Here I come the one and only one
Dixie’s favorite son
- See this suit, take a peep
Ain’t I cute, I’m a sheik
When the gals know I’m around
I’ll stop traffic in this town
Just came in for the day
And soon I must be leaving
When I stay ‘way from Tennessee
They start a-cryin’ for me
Chorus
‘Cause I’m the one and only one
And I am Dixie’s favorite son
And when I put on my glad rags
It’s just like waving the American flag
You’ve heard them shout and rave about
Dapper Dan and Lovin’ Sam
But where that trash, could just get Hash
I could get myself a lot of chicken and ham
And when I’m coming down the street
You ought to see me struttin’ my feet
I can hang my hat in any flat
And get myself a lot of lovin’ just like that
There ain’t no gal that I have missed
And when I kiss them they stay kissed
Here I come the one and only one
Dixie’s favorite son
Sung here by Vancha March: