From the film “Meet Me at the Fair,” 1953
Words by Kenny Williams and Marvin Wright
Music by Marvin Wright
The sheet music:
Lyrics
1. Remember the time when we played Milwaukee
Boy! that’s the place we laid ’em in the aisle
I cracked every joke in the Joe Miller book
And didn’t get so much as a smile
Well, how about that flea infested joint in Indiana
Where the room clerk kept our bags
And we had to play the next two weeks in Alabama
Dressed in nothing but old rags
Do you remember the time in Talahasee
It was somewhere in the middle of May
Do you remember the time
Yes, I remember the time
As if it only happened today
2. Remember the time in Albuquerque
Boy! we thought we would leave there with a pile
The manager skipped out with all of our dough
And didn’t leave so much as a smile
And how about that little episode in Pocatello
When I wound up in the local jail
And the friend I had to wire back in Montecello
Made us wait six days for bail
Do you remember the time in Chatanooga
When they slapped a garnishee on our pay
Do you remember the time
Yes, I remember the time
As if it only happened today
PATTER
We buffoed ’em in Buffalo
We murdered ’em in Kokomo
and laughter when we got stranded in Hoboken
You laid an egg in Wichita
And hatched it out in Omaha
And someone threw it at us in Shamokin
We stopped the show in Baltimore
And killed ’em on the Swannee shore
Let’s face it, all in all we were a riot
That song we wrote was really great
We tried it out in ever state
The trouble was that not a soul would buy it
Remember all the dance routines we had down so pat
And you would start in dancing at the drop of a hat
3. Remember the time in Chillicothe
Boy! when our magic act went on the skids
I made every one in the house disappear
Excepting just a couple of kids
And when that leader played our act too fast
In Tony Pastor’s and he thought that we’d be dead
But that’s the way we used to do it
When we played the Astor
So we stopped the show instead
Do you remember the time in Walla Walla
When the sheriffs office begged us to stay
Do you remember the time
Yes, I remember the time
As if it only, as if it only
As if it only happened today