SAM, THE OLD ACCORDION MAN
(Walter Donaldson)
The Williams Sisters - 1926
Ruth Etting - 1927
Ben Selvin & His Orch. (vocal: Ben Selvin)- 1927
Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies (vocal: Tom Howard) - 1927
George Olsen & His Music (vocal: Bob Borger, Fran Frey & Bob Rice) - 1927
Al Lentz & His Orch. (vocal: Al Lentz) - 1927
Bob Hannon & Johnny Ryan - 1927
McAlpin Dance Orch. - 1927
Humming Bird Orch. - 1927
Henry Busse & His Orch. - 1937
Adolph Hofner & His Texans - 1940
Doris Day (feat. in the film "Love Me Or Leave Me") - 1955
Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music (vocal: Alice Lon) - 1955
The Ray Charles Singers - 1959
In Dixieland there's a musical man
He has a good time just makin' folks happy
This musical man is a one man band
Folks have to love him for makin' them glad
He don't play melodies, just plays blue harmonies
Just like nobody ever had
He just plays chords that make you feel grand
They call him Sam, the old accordion man
His dreamy chords remind you of Heaven
And they're real chords, according to Dixieland
In the evening by the moonlight, when the sun is gone down
How those lovers, levee lovers, love to hang around
He plays those chords like nobody can
They call him Sam, the old accordion man
He just plays, man, old chords, new chords
Funny old blue chords, morning, night and noon
Say, he's got chords, nothing but hot chords
Never out of tune, he just plays
At the end of the day, 'round the new mown hay
That's just the time when all Dixie is happy
Ev'ryone salam that accordion man
They all salam him for makin' them glad
When he plays what he play, let me say that he plays
Just like no other master can
He just plays chords that make you feel grand
They call him Sam, the old accordion man
His dreamy chords remind you of Heaven
And they're real chords, according to Dixieland
In the evening by the moonlight, when the sun is gone down
How those lovers, levee lovers, love to hang around
He plays those chords like nobody can
They call him Sam, the old accordion man
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)
