I've Got The Rumatiz 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Sept 2007
2007

I've taken ev'ry medicine
that's said to be,
the best for "rumatizum"
but they don't cure me;
most ev'rything in the old almanac I use;
but it don't do any good
it just gives me the blues.
I used to sing and dance the wing,
most ev'ry day,
I thought that it would
surely keep the pain away
but Lordy the old things got me sore
and I'm all crippled up
and can't dance any more.

I've got the "rumatiz"
Oh, gee whiz!
I've got the "rumatiz" all over me.
I've got it in my ankle and
I've got it in my knee.
Now if a doctor don't come here
and cure my pain,
then I am positive
that I will go insane
'cause I've got "rumatiz"
Oh, gee whiz!
I've got the "rumatiz"
all over me.

"rumatiz"
Oh, gee whiz!
I've got the "rumatiz" all over me.
I've got it in my ankle and
I've got it in my knee.
Now if a doctor don't come here
and cure my pain,
then I am positive
that I will go insane
'cause I've got "rumatiz"
Oh, gee whiz!
I've got the "rumatiz"
all over me.

Oh! It's the worst pain
that a fellow ever knew,
the doctors all look wise
but can't tell what to do,
they use a lot of big words
I don't understan'
write some chinese on a paper
for the drugstore man.
"Do what I say and I am sure
I'll do you good,"
said one old doctor
and I was quite sure he would;
he got all my money for his fee
but still I have the "rumatiz" all over me.

I've got the "rumatiz"
Oh, gee whiz!
I've got the "rumatiz" all over me.
I've got it in my ankle and
I've got it in my knee.
Now if a doctor don't come here
and cure my pain,
then I am positive
that I will go insane
'cause I've got "rumatiz"
Oh, gee whiz!
I've got the "rumatiz"
all over me.

"rumatiz"
Oh, gee whiz!
I've got the "rumatiz" all over me.
I've got it in my ankle and
I've got it in my knee.
Now if a doctor don't come here
and cure my pain,
then I am positive
that I will go insane
'cause I've got "rumatiz"
Oh, gee whiz!
I've got the "rumatiz"
all over me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I've Got The Rumatiz 1918
Words & Music by Carl Summers
© MCMXVIII by The Buckeye Music Pub.Co.  Columbus, Ohio
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 14 September 2007 at 2.50pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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