The Yam - Fred Astaire

Come on and hear the Yam man cry

«Any Yam today?»

The sweet potatoes that he’ll fry

Will be Yam today

The little step that you see him do

With ev’ry Yam that he sells to you

It’s something that you ought to try—

Come and Yam today

Come get what I’ve got—

It will hit the spot—

Get your sweet and hot

Yam

Come on and shake your depression

And let’s have a Yam session:

There’s that long note—

One, two, three, Yam—

Ev’ry orchestra in America

Will be doing the Yam

I didn’t come to do the Charleston

I didn’t come to Bell the Jack

I didn’t come to do

The Suzy-Q

Or do the Bottom they call Black

I didn’t come to do Big Apple

I didn’t come to do the Shag

But honey, Here I am

To do the Yam

'Cause the Yam is in the bag