Blaze Away! jig

A march from 1901, very popular then - I learned this tune from Come and Trip It, a record documenting the old ballroom dance rhythms. The ABC here is the lead mandolin part in a trio of mandos with guitar accompaniment, which may be viewed here: http://imslp.org/wiki/Blaze_Away!_(Holzmann,_Abe)

Composed by Abraham “Abe” Holzmann.

Lyrics by Irish-born Jimmy Kennedy:

We’ll make a bonfire of our troubles and we’ll watch them blaze away
And when they’ve all gone up in smoke clouds,
We’ll never worry should they come another day
And as the bonfire keeps on burning,
Happy days will be returning,
While the band keeps playing
We’ll let our troubles blaze away

Here we are, there’s work to do,
And don’t let troubles trouble you.
Bring them along and we’ll burn them up,
bring them along and we’ll burn them up ha ha, ha hey

Start and throw them right into the fire
Watch the flames go higher and higher
Blazing away, blazing away, oh, come along bring your worries round today.

We’ll make a bonfire of our troubles and we’ll watch them blaze away
And when they’ve all gone up in smoke clouds,
We’ll never worry should they come another day
And as the bonfire keeps on burning,
Happy days will be returning,
While the band is playing
We’ll let our troubles blaze away.

I remember this from my days as a brass player in a marching band. There is an excellent counter-melody writen for the Euphonium!