Another Rag 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 Jun 2005

What's that tune I'm hearing everywhere?
What's that sound afloating on the air?
What's the music all the brass bands play?
Hear it in the morning every night and day.
'Taint like the music Mister Wagner wrote:
Got a funny, sneaky minor note,
if you ask what they are playing,
everybody will be saying:
"It's another rag, that's all!"

Another rag, another raggy rag,
another tune to set you spoony soon,
another crazy tune,
another lazy tune,
it's a slippy, dippy, creepy, sleepy,
"get you going" rag,
another strain, another raggy strain,
a hum and buzz,
just like a Pullman train
Stop! Look!
Come on and listen,
don't you know what it is?
Why, that's another rag, a raggy rag.

Another rag, another raggy rag,
another tune to set you spoony soon,
another crazy tune,
another lazy tune,
it's a slippy, dippy, creepy, sleepy,
"get you going" rag,
another strain, another raggy strain,
a hum and buzz,
just like a Pullman train
Stop! Look!
Come on and listen,
don't you know what it is?
Why, that's another rag, a raggy rag.

That's some tune it's got some feeling too
you don't know just what has happened to you.
Starts you jumping like a big jumping Jack.
Sending chills a running up and down your back.
It's a loveydovey sort of a strain.
Makes you do things that you can't explain.
When the violins are scraping,
then you'll know there's no escaping,
from another raggy rag.

Another rag, another raggy rag,
another tune to set you spoony soon,
another crazy tune,
another lazy tune,
it's a slippy, dippy, creepy, sleepy,
"get you going" rag,
another strain, another raggy strain,
a hum and buzz,
just like a Pullman train
Stop! Look!
Come on and listen,
don't you know what it is?
Why, that's another rag, a raggy rag.

Another rag, another raggy rag,
another tune to set you spoony soon,
another crazy tune,
another lazy tune,
it's a slippy, dippy, creepy, sleepy,
"get you going" rag,
another strain, another raggy strain,
a hum and buzz,
just like a Pullman train
Stop! Look!
Come on and listen,
don't you know what it is?
Why, that's another rag, a raggy rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Another Rag 1911
Esrom & Morse's Sensational Rag
Words by D.A. Esrom - Music by Theodore Morse
Performer: Bernhardt, Parker and Searles
© MCMXI by Theodore Morse Music Co., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 25 June 2005 at 21.08
in association with Doug Grierson
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