Strawberries

(Here comes the Strawberry Man)
A huckster song from 1909.
Words and music by Thos. S. Allen.

The sheet music:

Strawberries – SHEET MUSICDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Strawberries – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

1. Every morning in the good old summertime
Hucksters come around with things to sell
But there’s one you’ll hear him coming down the line
Fifteen cents a box you’ll hear him yell
He don’t have to ring a bell or blow a horn
You can hear him just a mile away
Such a voice I never heard in all my life
And this is what that huckster yells all day

CHORUS
Strawberries, Strawberries
Nice juicy Strawberries
In the morning or the afternoon
You’ll hear him with the same old tune
Strawberries, Strawberries
Nice juicy Strawberries
Here comes the strawberry man

2. This man’s name was Michael Tony Angelo
He came here from sunny Italy
One day Pete Mascagni chanced to hear him sing
Right away he said that man for me
Five years passed and Michael walked upon the stage
In his suit of armor how he swelled
He stepped out to sing they said he’ll be the rage
But Michael he forgot himself and yelled