A popular song from 1926
Words and music by Harry Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Forward march, down the street
Down the street, forward march
Tramp of feet, tramp of feet
It isn’t war again I’m very glad to say
It’s just the girls parading on a sunny day
Look, look, look at the boys
A twinkle in each eye
But they never look at the sky
Chorus:
All the boys keep looking down, down, down
As the girls go marching by
And there are two good reasons why
Here and there, see them stare
At each peachy pair
All the boys keep looking down, down, down
But they never see the ground
There’s quite a change since Grandma’s day
Of that you will allow
The skirts are getting shorter
And the men look longer now
Left, right, day, night, all over town
They’re looking down, down, down
- Tramp, tramp, tramp, see the men
There again, vamp, vamp, vamp
Watch them stare, you know where
You don’t need any movies, you don’t know the half
The greatest fad, they’ve ever had is shadow-graph
Young, old, whether it’s cold or ninety in the shade
They look like the hunchback brigade
Chorus:
All the boys keep looking down, down, down
As the girls go marching by
And there are two good reasons why
Roll ’em high, roll ’em low
Give them all a show
All the boys keep looking down, down, down
But they never see the ground
For many years the old boys
Used to sit in bald head row
They stand on every corner now
Why pay to see a show
Left, right, day, night, all over town
They’re looking down, down, down
Sung here by Vancha March: