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At dawn, beneath my casement, / Scrubbing the area stairs, / The boot-boy in the basement / Is whistling rag-time airs. / At breakfast, while I'm eating, / A German band outside / With unction keeps repeating / The latest 'Wedding Glide. ' / Where'er I go, whate'er I do, / I can't escape from 'Hitchykoo'!
Pursued, as by a pixy, / By each infectious air, / I 'Want to be in Dixie' / When ev'rybody's there! / Though 'Honolulu-looing' / I've done my best to shun, / What 'Ev'rybody's Doing' / I cannot leave undone! / The subtle spell I can't withstand / Of 'Alexander's Rag-Time Band'!