Goodbye Mr Ragtime 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Aug 2006
2006

Coontown's fairly crazy
Two Step Bill looks glum,
act as if he's dumb
for Ragtime's getting numb,
Coons are mighty fickle
other tunes they hum,
actin' just like white folks now
and fairly goin' some.
They don't care now for ragtime shows
or ragtime songs
or ragtime clothes
or anything with a ragtime swing
and this is the song they sing:

Goodbye a Mister Ragtime
farewell Bombashay,
say your little Day, Day, Day
on your way.
Sad but true,
skidoo, skidoo,
go way back and sit down,
since that Airy fairy Merry Widow Waltz
has come to town.

Goodbye a Mister Ragtime
farewell Bombashay,
say your little Day, Day, Day
on your way.
Sad but true,
skidoo, skidoo,
go way back and sit down,
since that Airy fairy Merry Widow Waltz
has come to town.

Sambo and his Dinah
gliding o'er the floor
won't cake walk no more
like they did before.
Coontown's heard
the famous Merry Widow score,
ragtimes' faded in a night
no wonder Bill looks sore.
He just can't understand the change
says colored folks are acting strange
they wouldn't dance any old ragtime thing
but all night long they'll sing:

Goodbye a Mister Ragtime
farewell Bombashay,
say your little Day, Day, Day
on your way.
Sad but true,
skidoo, skidoo,
go way back and sit down,
since that Airy fairy Merry Widow Waltz
has come to town.

Goodbye a Mister Ragtime
farewell Bombashay,
say your little Day, Day, Day
on your way.
Sad but true,
skidoo, skidoo,
go way back and sit down,
since that Airy fairy Merry Widow Waltz
has come to town.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Goodbye Mr Ragtime 1908
Music by Jean Schwartz
Lyrics by William Jerome
© MCMVIII by Cohan & Harris Pub.Co.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 28 August 2006 at 10.02am
in association withj Doug Grierson
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