A popular song from 1910.
Words by Junie McCree.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Tickets, please, all abo’d
Ring dat steamboat bell
Come on Lize, take a ride
Dis am sumpin’ swell
Sail away, down the bay
Two-step side by side
Face to face, we’ll embrace
In dat moonlight glide
Chorus
Oh! that moonlight glide, glide, glide
On a steamboat ride, ride, ride
If you trip, or you slip, take a tip
Grab the ship by the side, side, side
Balance all, right and left
Promenade and slide
Then sing anything
While you swing in a ring
Oh, that’s a moonlight glide
- Who dat man smilin’, Lize
At you over dere
If he don’t stop it
I’ll disarrange his hair
Honey lamb dat am Sam
He de cap’n, too
Wants a dance, ain’t no chance
Coz I’m here with you
Sung here by Vancha March: