OH JOE, WITH YOUR FIDDLE AND BOW YOU STOLE MY HEART AWAY
(William Tracey / Walter Donaldson,   1916)


Malinda White most every night 
Took in a ragtime cabaret,
She had a beau, his name was Joe, 
And he was hired there to play a ragtime violin 
To his raggy swing they'd sing 
The latest songs, the whole night long 
And to the jingle of the dimes 
Upon the floor he'd play some more, 
He'd rag the chorus fifty times,
Malinda White would stay till the break of day she's say.

When she was blue Malinda knew 
Just how to drive the blues away 
She'd think of Joe and quickly go 
Where she could hear her sweetie play a ragtime melody 
Then contented she would be 
His music sweet was sure a treat 
And to each syncopated note 
The people there upon the chairs 
Just kept a rockin' like a boat, 
Each time she caught his eye, 
Lindy White would sigh then cry.

Go on and rag a little upon your fiddle 
I love your harmony
The tunes you play every night 
No Master ever could write,
Oh! there ain't much to it, but the way you do it, 
I just can't help but say 
Oh, Joe with your fiddle and bow, 
You went and stole my heart away