From 1922 musicals: “Up and Down” and “Oh Joy”.
Words and music by Mamie Medina and Edgar Dowell.
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Have you heard it, have you heard it
That new da-da strain?
It will shake you, it will make you
Really go insane
Ev’rybody’s full of pep
Makes you watch your ev’ry step
Ev’ry dancer and each prancer
Starts to lay ’em down
When that music starts to play
It makes you buzz aroun’
And I go crazy as a loon
When ev’rybody hums the tune
Chorus
Da da da da, da da da da
It’s so appealing, starts me reeling
Like I’m sailing upon the bounding main
When ev’rybody starts to
Da da da da, da da da da
I wanna do it once again
I’m simply wild about that
Da da da da strain
- Da da da da, da da da da
Is a freaky strain
Not much wording, just the writing
Of a loony brain
But it’s such a pleasing trot
Cures all kind of blues you’ve got
It’s so snappy, makes you happy
And its harmony
Ain’t no corker, but it’s full of ‘riginality
You can’t resist its melody
For you are surely bound to say
Sung here by Fred Feild: