At the start of the classic Al Jolson film, The Jazz Singer, young Jakie Rabinowitz is in a saloon singing ragtime songs. One is “My Gal Sal.” Another goes, best as I remember, “. . . so take your best pal, your best gal, and go down to the levee, I said down to the levee . . .” And then he stops abruptly because that’s when his father the cantor walks in.
Does anybody know anything more about that second song? I tried a keyword search and found a song called “Down to the Levee” but the words were entirely different.