(Slip The Boys Another Dime)
A popular song from 1918.
Words and music by L. Wolfe Gilbert.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. In an Alabamy cabaret
Where the Jazz musicians get no pay
You might ask me how they make money now
Why there’s only one way
There’s a high-brown yaller leader man
He’s a kind of music business man
If you should by chance as him “Play a dance”
Then to you he would say
Chorus:
Slip the boys another dime
If you want to have a time
Ain’t it kind of strange
Just a little change
Make the boys feel mighty fine
Lots of jingle in your hand
Puts the ginger in the band
Get your Lady Pep, do the money step
Dancing to the Sugar Tune
2. Talk about the meanest kind of blues
Puts a lot of pepper in your shoes
Oh that minor key, there’s no finer key
Not a dance you’ll refuse
There is no admission at the door
Do not throw your money on the floor
There’s a sugar box, has no keys nor locks
If you want an encore