A song from the year 1901.
Words by John Queen.
Music by Hughie Cannon.
The sheet music:
Don’t You Never Take No Ten Cent Drink On Me – Sheet Music
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Dont_You_Never_Take_No_Ten_Cent_Drink_On_Me – MIDI
Lyrics
1. I was out one day it was away last May
I met a friend of mine
I said to him now will you have a drink
I got a silver dime
He said to me, “yes, I think I will
I’ll take some gin for mine”
I said to him, “you’d better think again”
And I began to whine
Chorus
“Don’t you never never take no ten cent drink on me
It costs too much to buy boozeology
Five cent schooner is all you deserve
I think mister coon you’ve got a horrible nerve
Don’t you never never take no ten cent drink on me”
2. A way next June I met this very same coon
We’se on a trolly car
The trolly stopp’d and he invited me to step up to the bar
“What will you drink?”
But when I said I think I’ll take a good segar”
He said to me “you’ve got another think
You’re goin’a bit too far
Chorus
“Don’t you never never take no ten cent smoke on me
You must think my money grows on trees
Ten cent smoke in your ugly mug
You can have a nickle hunk of the Battle ax plug
Don’t you never never take no ten cent smoke on me”
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