My Rag Time Lady 1898

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

I went out to see a gal
ob mine last evenin'
for I'se a coon
dat nevah breaks a date,
well I thought she would be sore
when I knocked upon de door,
for I found dat I was
half a minute late,
I apologised profusely
to ma lady
and I used a system
dat I thought would win,
for when other coons are late
I know she wipes 'em off de slate
but she subsided an' sez:
"Man come in..."

Umum my little rag time lady
I'm gettin' very much afraidy
that when I takes you on my route
some lobster coons
goin' to cut me out,
an' when on de street we'er walkin'
all black folks hush der talkin'
but on Quality Hill
they a can't keep still
when they see me
with ma rag time babe.

Umum my little rag time lady
I'm gettin' very much afraidy
that when I takes you on my route
some lobster coons
goin' to cut me out,
an' when on de street we'er walkin'
all black folks hush der talkin'
but on Quality Hill
they a can't keep still
when they see me
with ma rag time babe.

When together we went down
to Johnson's party
de swellest grandest blow out
of de year,
Ought to seen those wenches gap
when ma babe took off her wrap,
well I felt so proud
I smiled from ear to ear
and when we took our places
for de cake walk
and de ceremony master
took de floor,
every niggah in de hall
took a seat against the wall
when my rag time lady
drifted through the door.

Umum my little rag time lady
I'm gettin' very much afraidy
that when I takes you on my route
some lobster coons
goin' to cut me out,
an' when on de street we'er walkin'
all black folks hush der talkin'
but on Quality Hill
they a can't keep still
when they see me
with ma rag time babe.

Umum my little rag time lady
I'm gettin' very much afraidy
that when I takes you on my route
some lobster coons
goin' to cut me out,
an' when on de street we'er walkin'
all black folks hush der talkin'
but on Quality Hill
they a can't keep still
when they see me
with ma rag time babe.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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My Rag Time Lady 1898
Music by Chas.N.Daniels
Lyrics by Seymour Rice & Albert H.Brown
© 1898 by Carl Hoffman
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne
on Thursday 5 February 2009 at 16.00
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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