Went down to Tin Pan Alley!
See what was goin' on!
Things was too hot down there!
Couldn't stay very long!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Alley's the roughest place
I've ever been!
All the people down there!
Lord, they’re livin' for their whisky, wine and gin!

She get up in the mornin'!
Before the break a day!
Before she can wash her face and hand!
You know, she really did go away!
Hey, hey, hey! You tell
What kinda place can this here Alley be?
Well now! Every woman I get here!
Every woman I get to know
This Alley takes her away from me!

I heard a pistol shoot!
Yeah, it was a forty-four!
Somebody killed a crap shooter!
'Cause he didn't shake, rattle and roll!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
What kinda place can Alley be?
All those people down there!
Lord, they’re livin' for their whisky, wine and gin!

I heard a woman scream!
Yeah, I peeked through the door!
Some cat was workin' on Annie with a
Lord! Lord, with a two by four!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Alley's the roughest place, (I've) ever been!
All the people down there!
Lord, they’re killin' for their whisky, wine and gin!

I saw a cop standing there!
With his hand on his gun!
Said this is a raid boy now!
Run, run, nobody run!
Hey, hey, hey!
Alley's the roughest place I've ever been!
Yeah, they took me away from Alley!
Lord, they took me right back to the pen!