I've Joined The Squirrel Family 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12 May 2008
2008

Raggadydoo, Raggadydee,
All the ragtime folks are saying
Raggadydum, Raggadydi,
While the ragtime tunes are playing.
I always thought that opera was out of sight,
but ev'ry time I hear it now I say Good Night!
The rag time bugs have got me now
and I'm up a tree.

For I'm doing doing something
that I never did before,
I'm grabbing myself a lady
and I'm hopping around the floor,
The Turkey Trots, the Tango Dips,
I say, boys, they've got me crazy,
singing, singing, singing
only syncopated time.
Twiddly Dips and Boston Flips,
affecting me like wine,
just tell them that you saw me
and they're building me a hut,
for I've joined the squirrel fam'ly
and I'm off my nut.

For I'm doing doing something
that I never did before,
I'm grabbing myself a lady
and I'm hopping around the floor,
The Turkey Trots, the Tango Dips,
I say, boys, they've got me crazy,
singing, singing, singing
only syncopated time.
Twiddly Dips and Boston Flips,
affecting me like wine,
just tell them that you saw me
and they're building me a hut,
for I've joined the squirrel fam'ly
and I'm off my nut.

Raggadydoo, Raggadydee,
Can't resist the new temptation,
Raggadydum, Raggadydi,
it's a wonderful sensation.
I never thought a raggy tune
could set me wild,
and previous to my hearing this
I only smiled,
now I'm dippy, dilly, daffy,
I'm a ragtime loon.

For I'm doing doing something
that I never did before,
I'm grabbing myself a lady
and I'm hopping around the floor,
The Turkey Trots, the Tango Dips,
I say, boys, they've got me crazy,
singing, singing, singing
only syncopated time.
Twiddly Dips and Boston Flips,
affecting me like wine,
just tell them that you saw me
and they're building me a hut,
for I've joined the squirrel fam'ly
and I'm off my nut.

For I'm doing doing something
that I never did before,
I'm grabbing myself a lady
and I'm hopping around the floor,
The Turkey Trots, the Tango Dips,
I say, boys, they've got me crazy,
singing, singing, singing
only syncopated time.
Twiddly Dips and Boston Flips,
affecting me like wine,
just tell them that you saw me
and they're building me a hut,
for I've joined the squirrel fam'ly
and I'm off my nut.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I've Joined The Squirrel Family 1916
Song
Music & Lyrics by Helen Trix
© MCMXVI by Jerome H.Remick & Co. - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 12 May 2008 at 14.47
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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