Cavalier' Rustican' Rag 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 Jul 2006
2006

Mister, won't you please
a come and stop de ban?
Stop a quick!
Stop a quick!
Stop a quick!
When dey play de Cavalleria Rustican'
I'm a sick!
I'm a sick!
I'm a sick!
Many times I hear him sing by Cousin Carus'
He sing him right mos' ev'ry night.
By a ragtime orchestra
he sound like de deuce,
and I feel a much a fight.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
What's a de mat' wid all de ragtime,
I'm off a de lid,
I tell a you kid,
I'll grab de leader and a break a de fid!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Dey play like dey gotta jag
so rippy and trippy,
dat make a me dippy
wid de Cavalier' Rustican' Rag! Rag! Rag!
Cavalier' Rustican' Rag!

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
What's a de mat' wid all de ragtime,
I'm off a de lid,
I tell a you kid,
I'll grab de leader and a break a de fid!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Dey play like dey gotta jag
so rippy and trippy,
dat make a me dippy
wid de Cavalier' Rustican' Rag! Rag! Rag!
Cavalier' Rustican' Rag!

Who's de fresh a fellow what's a just now cried
"He's a wop!
He's a wop!
He's a wop!"
Who's de dummy hollered from de other side,
"Get a cop!
Get a cop!
Get a cop!"
Why you never get a cop for dat music mar?
Chase him away,
from de café
like a sick a wistle on a peanut a stand,
dat's a just de way he play.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
What's a de mat' wid all de ragtime,
I'm off a de lid,
I tell a you kid,
I'll grab de leader and a break a de fid!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Dey play like dey gotta jag
so rippy and trippy,
dat make a me dippy
wid de Cavalier' Rustican' Rag! Rag! Rag!
Cavalier' Rustican' Rag!

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
What's a de mat' wid all de ragtime,
I'm off a de lid,
I tell a you kid,
I'll grab de leader and a break a de fid!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Dey play like dey gotta jag
so rippy and trippy,
dat make a me dippy
wid de Cavalier' Rustican' Rag! Rag! Rag!
Cavalier' Rustican' Rag!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Cavalier' Rustican' Rag 1910
Music by Egbert van Alstyne
Lyrics by Harry Williams
© MCMX by Jerome H. Remick & Co. N.Y. & Detroit
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 25 July 2006 at 11.20pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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