Ev'ry Darkey Had a Raglan On 1901

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Feb 2005

At ragtime hall, a full dress ball
took place one night last week,
Coontown society,
indulged in ecstasy,
those coons had dressed, their very best,
their style was hard to beat,
to see the airs these coons put on
was certainly a treat.
One big swell coon in the anteroom
his face was all a smile,
to his friends did tell of his coat so swell
made up in London style,
"Those coons, said he "will envy me,
when I walk across that floor,"
I thought that coon would have a fit
as soon as he looked thro' that door.

Ev'ry darky had a raglan on,
in his button hole a big chrysanthemum,
Silk hat, and patent leather shoes,
gloves and cane so stylish,
hightoned ladies wore their furs and seals,
some of them had on Automobiles,
well in that room there was a hundred coons,
and ev'ry nigger had a raglan on.

Ev'ry darky had a raglan on,
in his button hole a big chrysanthemum,
Silk hat, and patent leather shoes,
gloves and cane so stylish,
hightoned ladies wore their furs and seals,
some of them had on Automobiles,
well in that room there was a hundred coons,
and ev'ry nigger had a raglan on.

This black galoot said sure he'd shoot
the man that made that coat,
next day he didn't stop,
'till he found that tailor shop,
chock full of gin, he walked right in
and grabbed that clothing man,
says he: "I've got a bone
to pick with you now understand.
Between us both you took an oath
the day I came around,
you said I had the latest fad
and the only ones in town,
I made my brag about this rag,
and all my friends I told,
I felt like thirty cents when I
walked in for what did I behold."

Ev'ry darky had a raglan on,
in his button hole a big chrysanthemum,
Silk hat, and patent leather shoes,
gloves and cane so stylish,
hightoned ladies wore their furs and seals,
some of them had on Automobiles,
well in that room there was a hundred coons,
and ev'ry nigger had a raglan on.

Ev'ry darky had a raglan on,
in his button hole a big chrysanthemum,
Silk hat, and patent leather shoes,
gloves and cane so stylish,
hightoned ladies wore their furs and seals,
some of them had on Automobiles,
well in that room there was a hundred coons,
and ev'ry nigger had a raglan on.

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Ev'ry Darkey Had a Raglan On 1901
Written and Composed by Brown & Allen
© 1901 by Jos. W. Stern & Co., 34 East 21st St., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 21 February 2005 at 18.42
in association with Doug Grierson
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