Cleopatra Haqd A Jazz Band 1917

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Feb 2004

History repeats itself,
so the wise men say,
I believe they're right,
because last night
I heard peculiar music play,
In a dream it takes me back,
Two thousand years ago,
which only goes to prove
that Egyptians were not slow.

Cleopatra has a Jazz Band
in her castle on the Nile,
Ev'ry night she gave a jazz dance
in her queer Egyptian style;
She won Mark Anthony
with her syncopated harmony,
and while they played, she swayed,
she knew she had him all the while,
in the shadow of the Pyramids,
'neath the old Egyptian moon,
a sphinx was looking on and said:
"There'll be a wedding soon,"
but the real Historic scandal,
was Cleo lost her sandal,
as she danced to the strains
of the Egyptian Jazz Band tune.

Cleopatra had a Jazz Band
in her castle on the Nile,
Ev'ry night she gave a jazz dance
in her queer Egyptian style;
She won Mark Anthony
with her syncopated harmony,
and while they played, she swayed,
she knew she had him all the while,
in the shadow of the Pyramids,
'neath the old Egyptian moon,
a sphinx was looking on and said:
"There'll be a wedding soon,"
but the real Historic scandal,
was Cleo lost her sandal,
as she danced to the strains
of the Egyptian Jazz Band tune.

Egypt got the dancing craze,
so the wise men say,
and when they heard that music start,
the natives all began to sway,
Caesar came from Rome to learn,
to dance that latest step,
and when he heard those Jazzers play,
He sure was full of pep.

Cleopatra has a Jazz Band
in her castle on the Nile,
Ev'ry night she gave a jazz dance
in her queer Egyptian style;
She won Mark Anthony
with her syncopated harmony,
and while they played, she swayed,
she knew she had him all the while,
in the shadow of the Pyramids,
'neath the old Egyptian moon,
a sphinx was looking on and said:
"There'll be a wedding soon,"
but the real Historic scandal,
was Cleo lost her sandal,
as she danced to the strains
of the Egyptian Jazz Band tune.

Cleopatra had a Jazz Band
in her castle on the Nile,
Ev'ry night she gave a jazz dance
in her queer Egyptian style;
She won Mark Anthony
with her syncopated harmony,
and while they played, she swayed,
she knew she had him all the while,
in the shadow of the Pyramids,
'neath the old Egyptian moon,
a sphinx was looking on and said:
"There'll be a wedding soon,"
but the real Historic scandal,
was Cleo lost her sandal,
as she danced to the strains
of the Egyptian Jazz Band tune.

Soft karaoke
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Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band 1917
Lyrics by Jimmy Morgan & Jack Coogan
Music by Jack Coogan
copyright MCMXVII by Leo Feist Inc. New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 24 February 2004 at 17.36
in association with Doug Grierson
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