"Under the Anheuser Bush"
Words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by tin pan alley great Harry Von Tilzer (who also wrote "Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage" and whose younger brother Albert Von Tilzer wrote the music for "Take Me Out To The Ballgame").
Photos of complete sheet music from the San Francisco Public Library collection.
Talk about the shade of the sheltering palms,
Praise the bamboo tree and its wide spreading charms,
There's a little bush that grows right here in town,
You know its name, it has won such renown;
Often with my sweetheart just after the play
To this little place then my footsteps will stray,
If she hesitates when she looks at the sign,
Softly I whisper, "Now Sue don't decline."
(chorus)
Come, come, come and make eyes with me,
Under the Anheuser Bush
Come, come, drink some "Budwise" with me
Under the Anheuser Bush
Here the old German band,
Just let me hold your hand, Yah!
Do, do, come and have a stein or two,
Under the Anheuser Bush... Bush
Rave about the place where your swells go to dine,
Picture Sue and me with our sandwich and stein,
Underneath the bush where the good fellows meet,
Life seems worth living, our joy is complete;
If you're sad at heart, take a trip there tonight,
You'll forget your woe and your eyes will grow bright,
There you'll surely find me with my sweetheart Sue,
Come down this ev'ning I'll introduce you.
(repeat chorus)
