Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Jan 2009
2009

Last week when Alexander McIntosh
returned from a trip to Yankee Land,
he got a half a dozen pipers
with their bagpipes
and organized a band.
He brought back with him
a Yankee tune
that was written
all about a coon,
now he's playing it,
crowds hurraying it
because he plays it grand;
you understand,
you understand,
That it's a bagpipe,
ragtime band.

Come on and hear
the bagpipes ragging up a tune,
in Alexander's bagpipe band.
Come on and see McPherson
acting like a fool
in Alexander's bagpipe band.
Sandy McGregor is a ragtime Scot
come see him do the Hielan' Turkey Trot,
the only ragtime Scotchman in the land.
Come on and see the lassies
kicking up their kilties
when they do the ragtime fling,
come on and hear
the pipers play a Scottish rag,
and hear the crowds begin to sing,
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
on the Swanee River
Come on along
and take your lassie by the hand,
to Alexander's bagpipe band.

Come on and hear
the bagpipes ragging up a tune,
in Alexander's bagpipe band.
Come on and see McPherson
acting like a fool
in Alexander's bagpipe band.
Sandy McGregor is a ragtime Scot
come see him do the Hielan' Turkey Trot,
the only ragtime Scotchman in the land.
Come on and see the lassies
kicking up their kilties
when they do the ragtime fling,
come on and hear
the pipers play a Scottish rag,
and hear the crowds begin to sing,
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
on the Swanee River
Come on along
and take your lassie by the hand,
to Alexander's bagpipe band.

Ragtime was never meant for Scotchmen
just the same, Mister Alexander knows
just how to play it
till you feel as if
a highball was going to your toes.
Come and hear
the lassies all declare,
Hoot mon, Sandy,
it's a Hielan' Bear
on the heather they
dance together,
with a Yankee Ragtime air;
Come on along,
come on along,
you'll see the Scotch Bonbuddys there.

Come on and hear
the bagpipes ragging up a tune,
in Alexander's bagpipe band.
Come on and see McPherson
acting like a fool
in Alexander's bagpipe band.
Sandy McGregor is a ragtime Scot
come see him do the Hielan' Turkey Trot,
the only ragtime Scotchman in the land.
Come on and see the lassies
kicking up their kilties
when they do the ragtime fling,
come on and hear
the pipers play a Scottish rag,
and hear the crowds begin to sing,
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
on the Swanee River
Come on along
and take your lassie by the hand,
to Alexander's bagpipe band.

Come on and hear
the bagpipes ragging up a tune,
in Alexander's bagpipe band.
Come on and see McPherson
acting like a fool
in Alexander's bagpipe band.
Sandy McGregor is a ragtime Scot
come see him do the Hielan' Turkey Trot,
the only ragtime Scotchman in the land.
Come on and see the lassies
kicking up their kilties
when they do the ragtime fling,
come on and hear
the pipers play a Scottish rag,
and hear the crowds begin to sing,
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
on the Swanee River
Come on along
and take your lassie by the hand,
to Alexander's bagpipe band.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band 1912
by E.Ray Goetz, Irving Berlin & A.Baldwin Sloane
as sung in Weber & Field's Jubilee Production
© 1912 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 21 January 2009 at 20.42
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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