That Saxaphone Rag 1915 'A Maid And A Myth'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 01 Nov 2004

Oh! Oh! Oh!
What is that honey.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
What is that happy, snappy, melody,
syncopated strain,
It must be Paderewski
wearing Teddy Snyder's brain,
Oh hear it moan
so very languorous and lazy.
It trips about and twinkles in a way
to drive you crazy,
Oh! What life, what harmony,
what tone,
playing on his ragtime saxaphone.

Easy, easy, now he's gone,
playing on his raggy, jaggy saxaphone,
dipping to the low notes,
skipping to the high,
slipping in a minor
on a way to make you cry.
Well he's got the people humming,
hear 'em all a humming, ummmm
that's why I brag
'bout his creepy syncopation,
it's the greatest in the nation,
when he plays that saxaphone rag.

Easy, easy, now he's gone,
playing on his raggy, jaggy saxaphone,
dipping to the low notes,
skipping to the high,
slipping in a minor
on a way to make you cry.
Well he's got the people humming,
hear 'em all a humming, ummmm
that's why I brag
'bout his creepy syncopation,
it's the greatest in the nation,
when he plays that saxaphone rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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AMAAM07 - That Saxaphone Rag 1915
Music by Hale N. Byers
Lyrics by R. F. Field
© 1915 by C. M. Ferguson
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 01 November 2004 at 15.37
in association with Doug Grierson
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University of Illinois
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