A popular song from 1914.
Words by Joe Lyons.
Music by E. Clinton Keithley.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Come on, Sue, come on, Sue
Everybody’s going, so let’s go too
Did you hear what the papers say
‘Bout the San Francisco Cabaret?
They’re all excited, everybody’s delighted
Because they’re on their way
Hurry, Sue, hurry, Sue
Everybody’s ready but me and you
Pack your clothes, honey, right away
Then we’ll start for dear old ‘Frisco Bay
The crowd is swaying while the big band is playing
A ragtime melody
Chorus:
They’re on their way to the Frisco Cabaret
Oh, honey, life is just a merry song
There you’ll love to linger long
With singing, dancing, tunes entrancing
Honey, Oh, come along, get right in tune
Let’s be leaving mighty soon
For all the folks that you ever knew
Will be leaving on the next choo-choo
They’re on their way, they’re on their way
To the ‘Frisco Cabaret
2. Dreamy strains, dreamy strains
Everybody’s humming that sweet refrain
Down in old dreamy Chinatown
With the lanterns glowing all around
That’s where the dancing and the music entrancing
Will send your brain a-whirl
Cabaret, cabaret
There we’ll dance the tango both night and day
Don’t be slow, honey, let us go
If we linger, then we’ll miss the show
Oh, there’s your mother, there’s your sister and brother
They’re bound for Frisco town