Dusting The Keys 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12 April 2007
2007

Our maid Hanna plays piano
in a funny kind o' way
when she shakes a nifty duster
on our baby grand Steinway,
as a maid she's terrible
won't even wash the dishes,
she would be unbearable,
but I
will tell you why.

Oh, she can tease the invories
and coax the grandest airs,
she fills our house with melodies
that drive away our cares,
she can tickle tunes all day long,
never hits a note that is wrong,
she sharps the C's and E's and G's
and flats the B's and D's,
and she can charm the sweetest harmonies
with perfect ease,
ev'ry time she makes up her mind,
by dusting off the keys.

Oh, she can tease the invories
and coax the grandest airs,
she fills our house with melodies
that drive away our cares,
she can tickle tunes all day long,
never hits a note that is wrong,
she sharps the C's and E's and G's
and flats the B's and D's,
and she can charm the sweetest harmonies
with perfect ease,
ev'ry time she makes up her mind,
by dusting off the keys.

Oh Gee! how she can jazz a rag
when she gets on a fancy jag,
then she plays a crooney drag, I'll say.
You should hear her manipulate,
you would say she can syncopate,
she's good!
I know that you will state:
"I'll stay
and her her play!"

Oh, she can tease the invories
and coax the grandest airs,
she fills our house with melodies
that drive away our cares,
she can tickle tunes all day long,
never hits a note that is wrong,
she sharps the C's and E's and G's
and flats the B's and D's,
and she can charm the sweetest harmonies
with perfect ease,
ev'ry time she makes up her mind,
by dusting off the keys.

Oh, she can tease the invories
and coax the grandest airs,
she fills our house with melodies
that drive away our cares,
she can tickle tunes all day long,
never hits a note that is wrong,
she sharps the C's and E's and G's
and flats the B's and D's,
and she can charm the sweetest harmonies
with perfect ease,
ev'ry time she makes up her mind,
by dusting off the keys.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dusting The Keys 1923
Music by Edward B.Claypoole
Lyrics by Edward Killalea
© MCMXXIII by Leo Feist Inc. New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 12 April 2007 at 11.41pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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The score advises that this is also very good for dancing.... :-)
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