With words by Andrew B. Sterling and music by Harry Von Tilzer, this little diddy was to sell beer. A very popular song in the early-1900s it was commissioned by the Anheuser-Busch brewery.



Listen/download the song by Collins & Harlan, 1904.

Lyrics, so you can sing along...

Under the Anheuser Bush

Talk about the shade of the sheltering palms,
Praise the bamboo tree and its wide spreading charms,
There's a little bush that grows right here in town,
You know its name, it has won such renown,
Often with my sweetheart just after the play,
To this little place then my footsteps will stray,
If she hesitates when she looks at the sign,
Softly I whisper, "Now Sue Don't decline."
Come, come, come make eyes with me,
Under the Anheuser Bush,
Come, come, drink some "Budwise" with me,
Under the Anheuser Bush,
Hear the old German band,
Just let me hold your hand ... Yah!
Do, do, Come have a stein or two,
Under the Anheuser Bush.