A novelty song from 1906
Words by Arthur J. Lamb
Music by Seymour Furth
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- Say! boys, can’t you guess the news
I have surely got the blues
My heart is my heart no more
Someone else it’s jumping and a thumping for
I have lost my appetite
I can hardly sleep at night
I love someone, if his name you’d know
Listen to my tale of woe
Chorus
It ain’t the man with the violin
And it ain’t you, Mister Flute
My heart doesn’t fret for the busy cornet
And his rootie, tootie, toot, toot, toot
I’m not in love with the big bass drum
Or the clarinet’s plaintive tone
Get wise to my sighs and the light in my eyes
I’m in love with the slide Trombone
- Tell me, Mister Trombone, do
Should I leave my home for you?
Though I’ve lovey doves galore
You’re the duckey daisy I am crazy for
When your slide trombone you play
I could throw myself away
Let us slide away after the show
For I love your trombone so
Sung here by Vancha March: