Original Jazz Composition: Hello, Daisy

Hello, Daisy By Sam Alexander.
Parody of Hello, Dolly By Louis Armstrong



I said hello, Daisy,......well, hello, Daisy
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
I loved you before, Daisy.......the one I adore, Daisy
Across the sound...the green ground...I know you're around
I peer in shallow water......And I know the past's better
Remember the days we shared, believe we can go back
So..... back away, Thomas.......your days are done, Thomas
Daisy never eve-er loved you

(instrumental break)

I said hello, Daisy,.....well, hello, Daisy
Listen to the band on the stand and look at me
You're still my dreams, Daisy.....As the green light gleams, Daisy
I'm now rich...so here's the sitch ...you can be with me
You're husband, Tom, a cheater..life with me's sweeter
Hop in my car…hit his miss and.. drive away
So…Sorry, Old Sport…It was fate, Old Sport
And just the same, very fate I die alone
And just the same, very fate I die alone

It well-known that jazz was popular musical genre at the time of the writing of The Great Gatsby, especially as Fitzgerald himself coined this age, The Jazz Age. For this reason, I took the song "Hello, Dolly", made enormously popular by the almighty , Louis Armstrong,Satchmo, himself, and changed the lyrics of this very love song to describe the plot of Fitzgerald's novel to Armstrong's melody and rhythm. In this way one's understanding and experience of the novel is immensely heightened by learning the same plot form the novel in the context of the time period.