AMAAM16 Classical Rag 1915 'A Maid And A Myth'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 May 2005

Ev'ry day some classy ragtime composer
starts to play some naggy, draggy,
jaggy ragmusic over
then he springs his new creation
on the unsuspecting nation,
and the people think it's fine
but the funniest tune
and the cunnin'est tune
that ev'ry body loves to hum
are the classical ones,
the fantastical ones
some one has put to syncopated tune.

Classical rag, classical rag
Grand opera singers shout
about those classical rags,
If you could hear Caruso
a raggin' his parts
you could hear the ragtime
in the funeral march.
O, Mister Liszt and Mister Waganer too
you ought to hear the stuff
they're stealing from you
Come, come, my Leonora
we'll go dancin' prancin'
to that Classical tune.

Classical rag, classical rag
Grand opera singers shout
about those classical rags,
If you could hear Caruso
a raggin' his parts
you could hear the ragtime
in the funeral march.
O, Mister Liszt and Mister Waganer too
you ought to hear the stuff
they're stealing from you
Come, come, my Leonora
we'll go dancin' prancin'
to that Classical tune.

Have you heard about that young Handel boy
the way he played the classies
was his papa's one pride and joy
but his dad would start a naggin'
ev'ry time he caught him raggin'
and it made young Handel sore.
When his folks were in bed,
he would steal overhead
where a rusty old piano stood
and he'd bang at the keys,
just as much as he pleased
a tearin' off those ragtime tunes galore.

Classical rag, classical rag
Grand opera singers shout
about those classical rags,
If you could hear Caruso
a raggin' his parts
you could hear the ragtime
in the funeral march.
O, Mister Liszt and Mister Waganer too
you ought to hear the stuff
they're stealing from you
Come, come, my Leonora
we'll go dancin' prancin'
to that Classical tune.

Classical rag, classical rag
Grand opera singers shout
about those classical rags,
If you could hear Caruso
a raggin' his parts
you could hear the ragtime
in the funeral march.
O, Mister Liszt and Mister Waganer too
you ought to hear the stuff
they're stealing from you
Come, come, my Leonora
we'll go dancin' prancin'
to that Classical tune.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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AMAAM16 Classical Rag 1915
Music by W. H. Bennett
Lyrics by R. F. Field
© MCMXV by C. M. Ferguson
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 13 May 2005 at 10.51
in association with Doug Grierson
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The 16th Song in "A Maid And A Myth" - type AMAAM in
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