This is the 1915 song version of an instrumental by the same name.
words by Sam M. Lewis
music by James V. Monaco
Lyrics
- The village orchestra was Ruben Lee
Composer of the Ruben Rhapsody
And all the rubes and boobs for miles around
Danced and clowned, to his raggy draggy music
He’d call each figure out, “Sashay and turn about”
And with his fiddle and bow
He ran a wonderful show
And every now and then he’d shout
Chorus
Come on and step that Pigeon Walk
It’s full of pep that Pigeon Walk
You’d better wrap your wings around your love
Just like a dove
Come on and coo like pigeons do
Just cling to me, I’ll cling to you
And while I coo to you in pigeon talk
We’ll do the Pigeon Walk
- Old Reuben only knew one melody
He only knew it in the key of E
One day he broke his E string right in two
Ruben knew that the band was out of bus’ness
He oom-pah-pahed so well, nobody there could tell
That all the music was gone
And in the bright early morn
Why you could still hear Ruben yell
Sung here by Fred Feild: