(adapted from Dipper Mouth Blues)
A popular song from 1926
Words by Walter Melrose
Music by Joe Oliver
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Beside the river, beside the river
Down in Dixieland
Banjos are ringin’, darkies are singin’
Everything is grand
Just listen to the plantation stompin’ band
When they start dancin’, stompin’ and prancin’
They dance the Sugarfoot Stomp
The Swanee river, just seems to whisper:
Let your doggies romp
High steppin’ mama keep shoutin’ all night long
Refrain
Oh daddy, sweet daddy
Rock your mama like a cradle
Sweet papa, I must let my doggies romp
Do the dance with me
They call the Sugarfoot Stomp