Ja-Da 1918

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 20 Feb 2003

You've heard all about your raggy melodies,
ev'rything from opera down to harmony,
but I've a little song
that I will sing to you,
it's going to win you thru and thru.
There ain't much to the words
but the music is grand,
and you'll be singing it
to beat the band.
Now you've heard of your
"Will O' The Wisp,"
but give a little listen to this:

It goes Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing,
Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing.
That's a funny little bit of melody,
it's so soothing and appealing to me,
it goes Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing.

Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing,
Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing.
That's a funny little bit of melody,
it's so soothing and appealing to me,
it goes Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing.

Now ev'ryone was singing a Hawaiian strain,
ev'ryone seemed to have it on their brain,
when Yaka Hicky Hoola Do
was all the craze,
why that's the one that had 'em dazed.
The object now is for something new,
something that will appeal to you.
And here's a little melody
that you will find,
will linger, linger there in your mind:

It goes Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing,
Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing.
That's a funny little bit of melody,
it's so soothing and appealing to me,
it goes Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing.

Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing,
Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing.
That's a funny little bit of melody,
it's so soothing and appealing to me,
it goes Ja Da, Ja Da,
Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing.

Soft karaoke
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Ja-Da 1918
by Bob Carleton U.S.N.R.F.
copyright MCMXVIII by Leo Feist Inc. N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Thursday 20 February 2003 at 22.21
in association with Doug Grierson
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Described as a Patriotic War Edition
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home of the men who guard the seas.