Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan sing "Yip! I Adee I Ay!"
Lyrics are by Will D. Cobb.
Music is by John H. Flynn.
This song was included in the London production of from Our Miss Gibbs.
Americans heard the song in the Broadway show "The Merry Widow And The Devil" (1908).
Young Herman von Bellow, a musical fellow, Played on a big cello each night Sweet melodies rare in a dance garden where Dancers danced round and round with delight
One night he saw dancing a maid so entrancing His heart caught on fire inside And music so mellow he sawed on his cello She walked up to him and she cried
Yip! I Adee! I Aye, I Aye, Yip! I Adee! I Aye
I don't care what becomes of me when you play me that sweet melody! Yip! I Adee! I Aye, my heart wants to holler "Hooray!" Sing of joy, sing of bliss, home was never like this! Yip! I Adee! I Aye
Now sometimes the music makes me sick and you sick And sometimes it's perfectly grand But the tune that von Bellow tore off on his cello Was that I'd leave home for you brand
So, seek not Spring Valley to welcome home Sally Who went to New York for the ride For the night that von Bellow cut loose on his cello She tore up her ticket and cried
Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan "Yip! I Adee I Ay!" Edison Standard Record 10094 (1909)
