Jazz Baby 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Sep 2005

My daddy was a ragtime trombone player
my mammy was a ragtime cabaret er
they met one day at a tango tea,
there was a syncopated wedding
and then came me;
Folks think the way I walk is a fad;
but it's a birthday present
from my Mammy and Dad.

I'm a Jazz baby,
I want to be jazzing all the time;
there's something in the tone
of a saxophone,
that makes me do a little wiggle
all my own,
'cause I'm a Jazz baby,
full of jazbo harmony;
that "walk the dog",
and "ball the jack",
that caused all the talk,
is just a copy of the way
I nat'rally walk;
cause I'm a Jazz baby,
little Jazz baby that's me.

Rocked to sleep
while the cradle went to and fro,
to and fro to the tune
of the "tickle Toe"
ever since I started in to grow,
I'd love to hear the music playin'
see my dear old mammy swayin'
Jazz, Jazz, Jazz,
that's all I ever knew,
all day long I never would get thro'
Jazz, Jazz, Jazz,
that's all I want to do;
play me a little jazz.
'Cause I'm a Jazz baby;
full of jazbo harmony;
that "walk the dog",
and "ball the jack",
that caused all the talk,
is just a copy of the way
I nat'rally walk;
cause I'm a Jazz baby,
little Jazz baby that's me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Jazz Baby 1919
Music by M. K. Jerome
Lyrics by Blanche Merrill
© MCMXIX by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 15 September 2005 at 17.33
in association with Doug Grierson
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