Palesteena - Original Dixieland Jazz-Band , 1920

PALESTEENA (Lena From Palesteena) Shimmy by J. Russel Robinson & Con Conrad In the Bronx of New York City Lived a girl, she’s not so pretty Lena is her name. Such a clever girl is Lena How she played her concertina Really, it’s a shame. She’s such a good musician She got a swell position To go across the sea to entertain. And so they shipped poor Lena Way out to Palesteena From what they tell me, she don’t look the same. They say that Lena is the Queen o’ Palesteena Just because she plays the concertina. She only knows one song, She plays it all day long Sometimes she plays it wrong, But still they love it What more of it I heard her play once or twice. Oh! Murder! Still, it was nice. All the girls, they dress like Lena Some wear oatmeal, some Farina Down old Palesteena way. Lena’s girlfriend Arabella Let her meet an Arab fella Who she thought was