Dat's De Way To Spell Chicken 1902

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK -  5 January 2011
2011

In a little country school house,
where de little darkies go,
there is a little picanninny
by de name of Ragtime Joe.
Now when it comes to spelling
his ragtime brain works fast,
he's de only well learned scholar
dat holds down his own class.
One day de teacher call his class
to spell some sort of bird,
Dat kind of bird was chickens
and they could not spell the word.
So de teacher called on Ragtime Joe
to spell dat word to them.
He didn't hesitate a bit
this is how he began.

C, dat's de way to begin
H, dat's de next letter in,
I, dat am de third
C, dat's to season the word,
K, dat's a filling in
E, I'm near de end,
CHICKEN.
Dat's de way to spell chicken.

C, dat's de way to begin
H, dat's de next letter in,
I, dat am de third
C, dat's to season the word,
K, dat's a filling in
E, I'm near de end,
CHICKEN.
Dat's de way to spell chicken.

Parson Johnson gave a concert
in de old church house one night
He hired himself a lots of talent
dat could sing and could recite.
And when they pulled de curtain
ev'rything went wrong you know
till one darkey loudly yelled
let's hear from Ragtime Joe.
He sang a ragtime new coon song
but it did not take so well.
He said I've went a frost on dat
I guess I'll have to spell
Then he told de audience
dat he had composed a chicken song
And when he spell these words to them
he took the house by storm.

C, dat's de way to begin
H, dat's de next letter in,
I, dat am de third
C, dat's to season the word,
K, dat's a filling in
E, I'm near de end,
CHICKEN.
Dat's de way to spell chicken.

C, dat's de way to begin
H, dat's de next letter in,
I, dat am de third
C, dat's to season the word,
K, dat's a filling in
E, I'm near de end,
CHICKEN.
Dat's de way to spell chicken.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dat's De Way To Spell Chicken 1902
by Sidney L.Perrin & Bob Slater
© MCMII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 5 January 2011 at 15.43
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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