THE YAM
From the film "Carefree" (1938)
(Irving Berlin)
Ginger Rogers - 1938 


Any Yams today? Any Yams today?

Come on and hear the Yam and cry,
"Any Yam today?"
The sweet potatoes that he'll fry
Will be Yam today

The little step that you see him do
With every yam that he sells to you
Is something that you ought to try
Come and yam today!

Come get what I've got
It will hit the spot
Get your sweet and hot
Yam....

Raise your hand and sway
Like you hold a tray
When you're on your way
Yam....

Come on shake your depression
And let's have a yam session
There's that long note, one-two-three
Yam...

Every orchestra 
In America
Will be doing the
Yam...

I didn't come to do the Charleston
I didn't come to ball the jack
I didn't come to do the Suzie Q
Or do the bottom they call black

I didn't come to do big apple
I didn't come to do the shag
But honey here I am to do the yam
Because the yam is in the bag