A popular song from 1916.
Words by Roger Lewis.
Music by Ernie Erdman.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Beneath the rubber trees in far Peru
Along the Amazon
When the rubber pickers have their work all thru
There’s something going on
They get together with their native band
They notify you one and all
Then on the night selected everyone’s on hand
To celebrate the rubber ball
Chorus
Oh, you leap and you bound at the rubber ball
Then you slide and you glide all around the hall
Smile! and throw your shoulders back
Bump diddle-di-ump like a jumping jack
Ev’ry step’s full o’ pep and the music’s grand
Listen to the rubber band
They’re raggin’ up that melody
With minor chords and harmony
So, I don’t care what becomes of me
Bouncing at the Rubber Ball
- If you should journey down to far Peru
Leave all your grips behind
All the clothes you have to take along with you
Are of a diff’rent kind
The natives only wear a string of beads
That weigh about a half an ounce
For over in the tropics that is all you need
To join the happy crowd and bounce
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: