Brass Band Ephraham Jones 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Nov 2008
2008

Old Ephraham from Alabam
was just a good for nothing lazy man,
No kind of work to him was interesting,
Though Eph' was always on the job suggesting
but folks confess
his laziness
was never known to stand a certain test,
It seems that melody
and Eph' cannot agree
just start a band and he
gets busy...

Ev'ry time a band starts playing
he just looks all around,
all around, all around,
Then his body starts a swaying
and he bows to the ground,
to the ground, to the ground,
He stands there awhile a listening
soon his lips they start a whistling,
Then he's gone, gone, gone,
like a flash, with a dash,
and a crash, Oh!
Makes no diff'rence
where that band is any where,
he'll be there, he'll be there,
he'll be there.
If there's people
all around him ev'rywhere
he don't care, he don't care,
he don't care.
Other times he's doggone lazy,
but it seems that music
sets him crazy,
and the folks all call him
Brass Band Ephraham Jones.

Ev'ry time a band starts playing
he just looks all around,
all around, all around,
Then his body starts a swaying
and he bows to the ground,
to the ground, to the ground,
He stands there awhile a listening
soon his lips they start a whistling,
Then he's gone, gone, gone,
like a flash, with a dash,
and a crash, Oh!
Makes no diff'rence
where that band is any where,
he'll be there, he'll be there,
he'll be there.
If there's people
all around him ev'rywhere
he don't care, he don't care,
he don't care.
Other times he's doggone lazy,
but it seems that music
sets him crazy,
and the folks all call him
Brass Band Ephraham Jones.

A county fair
was held out there
all kinds of bands
arrived from ev'rywhere,
their playing certainly
kept Eph'ram busy,
he chased those bands around
till he felt dizzy
they made him mad,
but he was glad,
cause music simply couldn't make him sad,
Those bands have left the town,
and Eph' don't wear a frown
he follows them around,
he's happy....

Ev'ry time a band starts playing
he just looks all around,
all around, all around,
Then his body starts a swaying
and he bows to the ground,
to the ground, to the ground,
He stands there awhile a listening
soon his lips they start a whistling,
Then he's gone, gone, gone,
like a flash, with a dash,
and a crash, Oh!
Makes no diff'rence
where that band is any where,
he'll be there, he'll be there,
he'll be there.
If there's people
all around him ev'rywhere
he don't care, he don't care,
he don't care.
Other times he's doggone lazy,
but it seems that music
sets him crazy,
and the folks all call him
Brass Band Ephraham Jones.

Ev'ry time a band starts playing
he just looks all around,
all around, all around,
Then his body starts a swaying
and he bows to the ground,
to the ground, to the ground,
He stands there awhile a listening
soon his lips they start a whistling,
Then he's gone, gone, gone,
like a flash, with a dash,
and a crash, Oh!
Makes no diff'rence
where that band is any where,
he'll be there, he'll be there,
he'll be there.
If there's people
all around him ev'rywhere
he don't care, he don't care,
he don't care.
Other times he's doggone lazy,
but it seems that music
sets him crazy,
and the folks all call him
Brass Band Ephraham Jones.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Brass Band Ephraham Jones 1911
Music by Geo.W.Meyer
Lyrics by Joe Goodwin
© MCMXI by Leo Feist - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 26 November 2008 at 14.42
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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