A popular song from 1923
Words and music by Elmer Schoebel, Billy Meyers and Irving Mills
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
A little story that I want to tell
About a certain band that you know well
An aggregation down in Michigan
With a leader man by the name of Ben
They started jazzin’ back in ninety-two
And entertained the folks with music blue
No one has ideas like this leader has
That’s why they call it the “Harbor of Jazz”
Chorus:
Gee! but ain’t it grand to hear that band
Play the “House of David Blues”
All the folks in town gather ’round
To see the funny things they do
When they start to play, the women rave
And then they start to yell “Atta boy Dave!”
Oh! the House of David band is in demand
When they play the “House of David Blues”
Chorus:
Gee! but ain’t it grand to hear that band
Play the “House of David Blues”
All the folks in town gather ’round
To see the funny things they do
Now the jazz they play is mighty wierd
Tho’ they look like Santa Claus with a beard
Oh! the House of David band is in demand
When they play the “House of David Blues”
Chorus:
Gee! but ain’t it grand to hear that band
Play the “House of David Blues”
All the folks in town gather ’round
To see the funny things they do
A funny think ’bout the “House of Dave”
They play the Barber Shop Chord, but they never shave
Oh! the House of David band is in demand
When they play the “House of David Blues”
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: