N-The Band Played On
C-Charles B. Ward
A-John F. Palmer
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L-       Matt Ca-sey formed a so-cial club that beat the town for style, And hi- red for  a mee-ting place a  hall,              When
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L-   pay-day came a- round each week they greased the floor with wax,  And danced with noise and vi-gor at the ball.                  Each
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L-     Sa-  tur- day you'd see them dressed up in Sun-day clothes.   Each lad would have his sweet-heart by his side,               When
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L-    Ca-sey led the first Grand March They all would fall in line,  Be-  hind the man who was their joy and pride,
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L-       For                                  Ca-sey would waltz with a Straw-ber-ry blonde, and the band   played     on,
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L-    He'd glide 'cross the floor with the girl he a-dored and the band      played     on.             But his brain was so loa-ded it
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L-   near-ly  ex- plo- ded,  The poor girl would shake with a- larm,     He'd ne'er leave the girl with the straw-ber-ry curls, And the
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L-     band          played        on.