Dat Possum Rag 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 Aug 2006
2006

'Way down south in New Orleans the big moon's bright,
coons are singing on the levee ev'ry night.
Rastus Johnson Black is there and he's some gay,
with his honey gal he does the bombashay.
Hear that banjo goin' that's some music, man,
Lordy! see those Sunday clothes of Dixie Dan.
Come on, Baby Doll, we'll do that chicken drag,
and we'll do that dance, they call the Possum Rag.

Come on! come along, baby,
Oh! Oh! you choc'late lady;
Roll those great big eyes at me,
Hear that music swellin'
sweet as water melon.
Doggone, I feel so funny,
like I was ready money;
Oh, you honey blossom!
love you more than possum,
come and do that Possum Rag.

Come on! come along, baby,
Oh! Oh! you choc'late lady;
Roll those great big eyes at me,
Hear that music swellin'
sweet as water melon.
Doggone, I feel so funny,
like I was ready money;
Oh, you honey blossom!
love you more than possum,
come and do that Possum Rag.

Memphis Sam is prancing with his Choc'late drop,
dance that Johnson Pasmala and don't you stop!
Here's Miss Jackson coming now say: "Howdo Lize,
Honey you're some sassy when you roll them eyes."
Sing those songs they used to sing before the war,
hurry long you chilun, shake your feet some more,
you can climb to glory with that Dixie strain,
but that Possum Rag just makes you most insane.

Come on! come along, baby,
Oh! Oh! you choc'late lady;
Roll those great big eyes at me,
Hear that music swellin'
sweet as water melon.
Doggone, I feel so funny,
like I was ready money;
Oh, you honey blossom!
love you more than possum,
come and do that Possum Rag.

Come on! come along, baby,
Oh! Oh! you choc'late lady;
Roll those great big eyes at me,
Hear that music swellin'
sweet as water melon.
Doggone, I feel so funny,
like I was ready money;
Oh, you honey blossom!
love you more than possum,
come and do that Possum Rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dat Possum Rag 1910
Music by Phil Schwartz
Lyrics by Harold Atteridge
© MCMX by Leo Feist.  N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 03 August 2006 at 12.53pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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