Take Me Out In a Jitney Bus
Lyrics by Joe Garrahan
Music by Charles Ruddy
Published 1914

[verse 1]
(Honk! Honk! Honk!)
In a city I know here a girl had a beau
who was worried about the hard times, No wine;
But his girlie was true she knew just what to do,
She said to him "come honey dear,"
Let's go for a joy ride, a girl and a boy ride,
And whispered this into his ear.

[chorus]
Take me out in a jitney bus and pose as a millionaire,
I know a man with a limousine (Ford machine)
who will ltake us anywhere;
We can see the sights of the city
And have loving here and there,
You don't need to feel blue for a nickel will do
When you're out in a jitney affair.

He got onto the way of a jitney machine
hard times are a thing of the past, He's last,
When he meets her at eight by her own garden gate,
She tells him where she'd like to go,
He makes an excuse (Yes he does like the deuce)
for you'll surely hear this if you wait.

[repeat chorus]