A Ragtime War 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 9 Oct 2009
2009

Bill and Tom and Charley
were three soldier boys and brave,
they sailed across to Europe
on a great big ragtime wave.
To them this fighting business
was just a lot of fun,
While the bullets whistled
you could hear them loudly hum.

See those Zepplins sore,
hear those cannons roar,
see those sailors dancing
on that Man o' War,
Listen to that shrapnel hum,
just hear that ragtime drum,
Hear the shot and shells
in the Dardanelles.
We know that someone is to blame,
we don't know who,
but just the same
it's a regular ragtime war.

Says Bill to Tom and Charley,
we will open up a truce,
we'll teach them ragtime music,
it will be a good excuse.
The enemy all wondered
just what the flag was for,
but in less than thirty seconds
they had busted up the war.

See those Zepplins sore,
hear those cannons roar,
see those sailors dancing
on that Man o' War,
Listen to that shrapnel hum,
just hear that ragtime drum,
Hear the shot and shells
in the Dardanelles.
We know that someone is to blame,
we don't know who,
but just the same
it's a regular ragtime war.

Now those ragtime soldiers
are three heroes you'll agree,
when they fasten on their medals
they look like an Xmas tree.
They visit all the rulers
and when e're they stroll out
The people wave their hats at them
and this is what they shout.

See those Zepplins sore,
hear those cannons roar,
see those sailors dancing
on that Man o' War,
Listen to that shrapnel hum,
just hear that ragtime drum,
Hear the shot and shells
in the Dardanelles.
We know that someone is to blame,
we don't know who,
but just the same
it's a regular ragtime war.

See those Zepplins sore,
hear those cannons roar,
see those sailors dancing
on that Man o' War,
Listen to that shrapnel hum,
just hear that ragtime drum,
Hear the shot and shells
in the Dardanelles.
We know that someone is to blame,
we don't know who,
but just the same
it's a regular ragtime war.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Ragtime War 1915
Song
Music by Carl Heil
Lyrics by Harry Dexter
© 1915 by H.C.Dexter
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 9 October 2009 at 11.38
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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