Ephraham Played Upon the Piano 1911 'Ziegfeld Follies of 1911'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12 Aug 2005

Down below the Dixie line in Alabam'
Lived a lovin' piano player, Ephraham,
'Cause he never took a lesson,
He had ev'rybody guessin',
How he played with such a lovin' tone;

Any old piano that he could annoy,
Ephraham would call an instrument of joy,
When it came to make a piano cry out
In a fancy manner,
Ephraham was in a class alone.

Ephraham played upon the piano,
Ephraham, he had a great left hand,
Ephraham, in his fancy manner,
Made an upright sound like a baby grand.

Ephraham played upon the piano,
Ephraham, he had a great left hand,
Ephraham, in his fancy manner,
Made an upright sound like a baby grand.

Any kind of music he could understand,
Still he didn't play by ear,
He played by hand,
When he started fishin'
For the tune that you'd been wishin',
Ev'ry other good musician stepped aside.

Ephraham was never known to lose his head,
I remember once a certain lady said,
"Can you play a fiddle, mister?"
He looked up and answered, "Sister,
I don't know because I've never tried."

Ephraham played upon the piano,
Ephraham, he had a great left hand,
Ephraham, in his fancy manner,
Made an upright sound like a baby grand.

Ephraham played upon the piano,
Ephraham, he had a great left hand,
Ephraham, in his fancy manner,
Made an upright sound like a baby grand.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ephraham Played Upon the Piano 1911
Words and Music By Vincent Bryan and Irving Berlin
Performer: Ziegfeld Follies of 1911.
Jardin de Paris Atop of the New York Theatre
© 1911 by Ted Snyder Co., 112 West 38th St., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 12 August 2005 at 09.21
in association with Doug Grierson
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