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)