A popular song from 1929.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Harlem! Harlem!
Look what you’re doin’ to me
You’re bringin’ ruin to me
With your blues! joys! jazz! noise!
Dark brown Darktown
I hear you cooin’ to me
Oh! I’m goin’ Harlem mad
I’ve got the cravin’ bad
Chorus
Let me go! I’ve got to go down
Where I know it’s hot and low-down
To Lenox Avenue
Where I got that Harlem Madness
Where they sing the weary blues off
Shake that thing, and dance their shoes off
That’s what I crave to do
When I get that Harlem Madness
Moan, you saxaphone! You’ve got me wild and how
See those browns in clingin’ gowns
Come and get me, Satan, you’ve got me now
Harlem town, I’m comin’ to yuh
Pleasure bound for hallelujah
I lay the blame on you
‘Cause I’ve got that Harlem Madness
Sung here by Fred Feild: