Mosquito Rag 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 5 Jan 2009
2009

While strolling in the moonlight
he and she
sat down upon a bench
there by the sea,
soon his arm was stealing
out of place,
'round her waist
laced to taste,
He said: "I love you dear
to beat the band,"
just then a big mosquito
bit his hand,
with themselves they soon
were playing tag
to that Mosquito Rag.

Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
She said: "Honey, kill the one
that's biting me."
He said: "Can't because I'm busy
here with three."
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Ev'ry movement has a meaning
and each movement
means a bite,
"Let's move on dear,
we can't spoon here,"
doing that Mosquito
z.. z.. z.. z.. z.. z..
Doing that Mosquito Rag...

Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
She said: "Honey, kill the one
that's biting me."
He said: "Can't because I'm busy
here with three."
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Ev'ry movement has a meaning
and each movement
means a bite,
"Let's move on dear,
we can't spoon here,"
doing that Mosquito
z.. z.. z.. z.. z.. z..
Doing that Mosquito Rag...

That night they both had on
those silken hose,
they are inviting
a mosquito knows,
and each bite brought forth
a movement rare
from the pair
seated there,
He stooped to kill
a big one biting him
and by mistake
he slapped her on the limb:
"that one didn't bite me then," she said,
"but he struck me instead."

Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
She said: "Honey, kill the one
that's biting me."
He said: "Can't because I'm busy
here with three."
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Ev'ry movement has a meaning
and each movement
means a bite,
"Let's move on dear,
we can't spoon here,"
doing that Mosquito
z.. z.. z.. z.. z.. z..
Doing that Mosquito Rag...

Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
She said: "Honey, kill the one
that's biting me."
He said: "Can't because I'm busy
here with three."
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! Oh! that Mosquito Rag
Ev'ry movement has a meaning
and each movement
means a bite,
"Let's move on dear,
we can't spoon here,"
doing that Mosquito
z.. z.. z.. z.. z.. z..
Doing that Mosquito Rag...

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Mosquito Rag 1911
Music by Ed.Edwards
Lyrics by Arthur Longbrake
© 1911 by Longbrake & Edwards Inc. - Phila, Pa
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 5 January 2009 at 11.41
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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