Bring On The Pepper 1922 Second Annual Music Box Revue

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Sep 2005

Snappy music is the only music
that was ever meant for me.
A little spice is very nice
in ev'ry melody.
Let me mingle with a peppy jingle
that the jazz bands love to play.
I'm a swifty, very nifty
that's why I say.

Bring on the pepper
we need a lot of pepper,
you've got to be a stepper
with a barrel of speed.
Make it good and snappy
if you want to get by;
make 'em think you're happy
though you're ready to die.
When you begin it,
put lots of ginger in it,
about a mile a minute
is the tempo we need;
Slow folks are no folks
to trouble with no! indeed!
Lots of pep
will make an undertaker
rock with joy and laughter;
if you can sprinkle
a cute little twinkle
you'll find that's the wrinkle we're after.
Just keep a goin'
and don't forget to throw in
a bit of Georgie Cohan,
that we know.
Lots of tabasco,
that's all we ask so
bring on the pepper let's go.

Bring on the pepper
we need a lot of pepper,
you've got to be a stepper
with a barrel of speed.
Make it good and snappy
if you want to get by;
make 'em think you're happy
though you're ready to die.
When you begin it,
put lots of ginger in it,
about a mile a minute
is the tempo we need;
Slow folks are no folks
to trouble with no! indeed!
Lots of pep
will make an undertaker
rock with joy and laughter;
if you can sprinkle
a cute little twinkle
you'll find that's the wrinkle we're after.
Just keep a goin'
and don't forget to throw in
a bit of Georgie Cohan,
that we know.
Lots of tabasco,
that's all we ask so
bring on the pepper let's go.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Bring On The Pepper 1922
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Sam H. Harris presents Irving Berlin's
Second Annual Music Box Revue 1922-23
Staged by Hassard Short
© MCMXXII by Irving Berlin, Inc., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 18 September 2005 at 01.12
in association with Doug Grierson
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