Down in the great big rathskeller where a swell colored fella, by the name of Bill Jefferson Lord
played the piano while he'd sing a song He just sang and played the whole night long.
Till...one night a starry-eyed lady they call lovable Sadie heard him playing that barbershop chord.
When he finished Sadie drew a sigh. Everytime that she would catch his eye she'd cry... Mr. Jefferson Lord. play the barbershop chord that soothing harmony it makes an awful, awful, awful hit with me. Play that strain just to please me again
'Cause, Mister, when you start that minor part, I feel your fingers slippin' and a-grippin' my heart. Oh, Mr. Lord. Play the barbershop chord Mr. Jefferson Lord Thomas Jefferson Lord play that barbershop chord play the barbershop chord that soothing harmony sweet harmony makes a terrible, terrible, terrible hit with me. Play that strain Play that strain just to please me again
just to please me again. 'Cause, Mister, when you start that minor part, I feel your fingers slippin' and a-grippin' my heart.