A popular song from 1919
words by Edgar Leslie and Bert Kalmar
music by Pete Wendling
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- It was down in Tennessee
That the Jazzy melody
Originated then waited for popularity
Now in every cabaret
It’s the only thing they play
I love to hear it, must be near it
That’s why I say
Chorus
“Take me to the Land of Jazz
Let me hear the kind of blues that Memphis has
I want to step
To a tune that’s full of ginger and pep
Pick ’em up and lay ’em down
Learn to do the Razmataz
Let me give you a warning
We won’t get home until morning
‘Cause everybody’s full of Jazz-bo
In the lovin’ Land of Jazz”
- There is music in each breeze
Even trombones grow on trees
You hear ’em moaning
And groaning their tuneful harmonies
Every cotton planter’s son
When he meets his lovin’ “hon”
Is simply pestered and requested
To join the fun
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: