Everything Is Rag Time Now 1899

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Mar 2007
2007

A coon once went to serenade his lady,
he sang her all de love songs dat he knew,
He stood out in the dusky darkness shady,
till he was almos' drownded wid de dew.
But still he sang: "Thine eyes so blue and tender,"
"I love but thee," and
"In the gloaming too."
And "Annie Laurie" he was goin' to render
when he heard a voice above say: "Dat'll Do!"
Go run along wid dat ole song
dat melody queers you wid me
you see "Dat eb'ry thing is rag time now!"

Don't you' sing er play another thing
but all coons look alike t'me
rag time tune dey fill de coons
wid feelin's ob glee,
Telephone ma baby
ma Honolulu lady
we will allow
'cause eb'rything is rag time now.

At last de gal she said she'd wed this nigger,
de weddin' was t' be er swell affair,
An at de church de folks began to figger
on jes' de time de couple would be dere,
De organ den it started up a playin'
The Wedding March of ole man Mendelssohn,
De crowd began dere razors den displayin'
dey shouted out dis wedding can't go on!
Cut out dat tune, dat isn't coon,
dat time doan go, it's too blame slow,
you know "Dat eb'ry thing is rag time now!"

Don't you' sing er play another thing
but all coons look alike t'me
rag time tune dey fill de coons
wid feelin's ob glee,
Telephone ma baby
ma Honolulu lady
we will allow
'cause eb'rything is rag time now.

De bridegroom he came down de aisle a prancin'
Sez he: "I tole de man t' play dat tune,
Den forty coons was on his carcass dancin'
dere'd been as many more if dere was room,
De crowd was diappointed 'bout the weddin'
for de bridegroom some how'r other he was dead,
So de coon who all de srappin' was a headin'
sez now we'll hab er funeral instead!
But eb'ry thing yo play an' sing
must be in rag an doan you drag....
for eb'ry thing is rag time now!"

Don't you' sing er play another thing
but all coons look alike t'me
rag time tune dey fill de coons
wid feelin's ob glee,
Telephone ma baby
ma Honolulu lady
we will allow
'cause eb'rything is rag time now.

Don't you' sing er play another thing
but all coons look alike t'me
rag time tune dey fill de coons
wid feelin's ob glee,
Telephone ma baby
ma Honolulu lady
we will allow
'cause eb'rything is rag time now.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Everything Is Rag Time Now 1899
Music by Robert A.Keiser
Lyrics by Geo.Totten Smith
© 1899 by Hylands, Spencer & Yeager
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 21 March 2007 at 7.09pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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