I Love The American Rag-Time 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Oct 2006
2006

A little soubrette,
an American pet,
sailed over the briny sea;
for they wanted a peach
in Paris to teach,
the Cakewalk to societee;
so ze swell demoiselles
and ze beautiful belles,
so chic and so elegante
zey make ze step so
and zey bend back so low
and zey laugh "Mo foi charmante!"
Oh! la la la la c'est drole!
n'est ce pas?
Cette danse a l'Africaine;
It gif me a thrill
like a regulaire chill
and ze music it whirl in ze brain;
It make me so glad,
that I feel I have had,
what Americans call
a "Jag" time.
Choo choochoochoo
choochoochoo choochoochoo
choochoochoochoochoochoo
choochoochoo choo choo.
How I love ze American RagTime.

On ze Champs Elysee
on ze Rue de Paix,
all ze beaux and ze belles of France,
All ze ton and elite,
do not walk down ze street,
but zey go with a cakewalk prance;
Oh! ze valse has grown grey
and ze CanCan's passe
sey are vat you call "dead ones" see?
And Sarah Bernhardt,
she is going to star
in a Cakewalk Tragadee.
Oh! la la la la c'est drole!
n'est ce pas?
Zats vot you call ze coon;
it's "baby" and "honey"
and "lady" and "money"
Zat's always ze words for ze tune;
Zey sing of their gals,
of their Dinahs and Sals,
nearly all of the lyrics
are moon songs.
Choo choochoochoo
choochoochoo choochoochoo
choochoochoochoochoochoo
choochoochoo choo choo.
How I love ze American RagTime.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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I Love The American Rag-Time 1903
Music by Gustav Kerker
Lyrics by Harry B.Smith
© MCMIII by Jos.W.Stern & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 24 October 2006 at 10.27pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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