WEDDING GLIDE, THE
>From the Broadway Musical "The Passing Show Of 1912"
(Louis A. Hirsch)
Ada Jones & Billy Murray - 1912
Ada Jones & Herbert Scott - 1912
Hirsch's Ragtime Band (Instr.) - 1912
Wiener Geigerbuben (Instr.) - 1912
The Peerless Orch. (Instr.) - 1912
Victor Military Band (Instr.) - 1912
Shirley Kellogg (feat. in the London production "Hullo Rag-Time") - 1913
Also recorded by:
Warwick Green; Billy Cotton & His Band;
Debroy Somers & His Band; John Philip Sousa.
As recorded by WARWICK GREEN:
Come on, we're goin' to have a little raggy wedding
Come on, come down where all the classy folks are heading
I've got the preacher and here's the ring
I've got the girl, I've got ev'ry thing
And there's a band to play a wedding rag
Don't stop, the bride down at the church will soon be waiting
Don't stop, she mustn't think that I am hesitating
I wonder where my best man can be
He promised he would stand up for me
Why here's my honey now, I mustn't lag
Oh, hear the band a-playin' the wedding glide
Oh, honey, come to my side
And when you say "Love obey", start this way, just a little bolder
We'll go through life a-swaying, my little bride
And when the preacher man is through
Blessin' me and you, makin' one of two
Shake your shoulder and start to do that happy weddin' glide
Goodbye, I'm leavin' all the other girls behind me
Goodbye, I'm caught, so after this don't ever mind me
I've made the leap and I took the chance
I've found the girl and she'll make me dance
So it's the wedding tryst with my own bride
Ding-dong, the bells up at the church are loudly ringing
Ding-dong, upon my arm my little honey's clinging
Please ask the crowd to step back some more
We're starting to go right in the door
We're off, we're starting on the weddin' glide
Oh, hear the band a-playin' the wedding glide
Oh, honey, come to my side
And when you say "Love obey", start this way, just a little bolder
We'll go through life a-swaying, my little bride
And when the preacher man is through
Blessin' me and you, makin' one of two
Shake your shoulder and start to do that happy weddin' glide
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2015)
