A popular song from 1915
Words by Chas. Pecker
Music by Al Berube
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. What’s the trouble with all of us
We’ve all gone crazy ’bout that Jitney Bus
They’ve put all the streetcars on the bum
That’s going some
What do you say, my little one
We’ll take a ride now just for fun
In that car that’s waiting over there
Right on the square
Chorus:
All aboard for that old Jitney ride
In a Ford with your honey by your side
Stop, look, and listen, that Ford’s a-missing
Oh, oh, oh, oh, did you get that jounce
That bounce
Hurry and get in that jitney cart
Hold me tight before it falls apart
Here we come to the end of the line
Let’s do it again, say weren’t that
All aboard for that old jitney ride
2. How many people are aboard this Ford
Look at the crowd upon the running board
There goes a puncture on this machine
Now ain’t that mean
We’ll have to get out here and walk
There is another down the block
It’s been waiting for us all the while
See that driver smile
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: