Dapper Dan

A 1921 popular song.
Words by Lew Brown.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Dapper Dan was a Pullman porter man
    On a train that ran thru Dixie
    Ev’ryone knew Dapper Dan
    Knew him for a ladies man
    Never cared to settle down
    Had a girl in ev’ry town
    On the train the whole day long
    You’ll hear him sing this song

Chorus
If I lose my gal in Tennessee
That won’t worry me
‘Cause I’ve got another honey lamb
Waitin’ for me down in Alabam
And if I lose my gal in Alabam
I won’t feel blue
‘Cause I got one in Georgia
That I can march right to
If I lose my gal in Georgia
But that I won’t pine
‘Cause I’ve got another mamma waiting
Down in sunny Caroline
Now I ain’t handsome, I ain’t sweet
But I’ve got a brand of lovin’ that can’t be beat
I’m the ladie’s man, Dapper Dan from Dixieland

  1. Dapper Dan was a very handy man
    On a train that ran thru Dixie
    Made the beds and ev’rything
    All you had to do was ring
    If the train stopp’d any where
    There’d be some gal waiting there
    He’d say this is one of mine
    And there’s others down the line

Chorus
If I lose my gal in Baltimore
That won’t make me sore
‘Cause I’ve got one who can fill the bill
Waitin’ for me down in Louisville
And if I lose my gal in Louisville
I’ll never fret
‘Cause I’ve got one in Mobile
That I can go and get
If I lose my gal in Mobile
Funny as it seems
There’s another lovin’ sweetie waiting
Down in sunny New Orlean
I won’t let no gal run my life
‘Cause of I lose them all I still got my wife
I’m the ladies man, Dapper Dan from Dixieland


Sung here by Vancha March: