Can't We Have A Rag About Australia 1915 approx.

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 06 Feb 2004

Ev'rybody's singing American rag
syncopated ditties that never will drag;
why can't we have a rag of our own
a raggy kind of song about Australia alone;
what's the sense of singing
the "Robert E. Lee"
or "The Missisippi" - things we never see.
If we had a rag about the land that we know
that's the kind of song
that would certainly go.

Can't we have a rag about Australia
about the emu and the kangaroo;
a song about the possum
or the wattle blossom,
A "Cooee" kind of rag all through
can't we sing a song about the old gum tree,
or about our native flag;
something on the Aboriginal,
something that's original,
some real Australian rag.

Can't we have a rag about Australia
about the emu and the kangaroo;
a song about the possum
or the wattle blossom,
A "Cooee" kind of rag all through
can't we sing a song about the old gum tree,
or about our native flag;
something on the Aboriginal,
something that's original,
some real Australian rag.

Can't we sing a song that we all understand
'bout the old sundowner with billy in hand;
humping his swag, he never turns back
he's always "on the wallaby",
Along the bush track.
Sing about the shepherd
out minding his flock,
or the drover riding to herd up his stock;
some Australian melody with raggy refrain
once you hear the chorus,
you'll want it again.

Can't we have a rag about Australia
about the emu and the kangaroo;
a song about the possum
or the wattle blossom,
A "Cooee" kind of rag all through
can't we sing a song about the old gum tree,
or about our native flag;
something on the Aboriginal,
something that's original,
some real Australian rag.

Can't we have a rag about Australia
about the emu and the kangaroo;
a song about the possum
or the wattle blossom,
A "Cooee" kind of rag all through
can't we sing a song about the old gum tree,
or about our native flag;
something on the Aboriginal,
something that's original,
some real Australian rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Can't We Have A Rag About Australia 1915 approx.
words and music by George Drew
copyright c.1915 unknown
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 06 February 2004 at 10.06
in association with Doug Grierson
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courtesy of the National Library of Australia
nla.mus-an11434211-s3-v
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