My Raggyadore 1913 'The Honeymoon Express'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Feb 2006
2006

Sadie Carmen
thought she looked so charmin'
'cause she always tried
a Spanish style.
When the fellers saw her
dressed in yellows
they would stop
and stare and smile.
Joe McGinner said:
"I'm going to win her,
if I have to be an Irish stew."
When she found him
with a scarf around him
then she cried out:
"You will do."
"Toreador, you lovely Toreador!"
Come to your Spanish Honey Bug
Give your Carmen a hug.

Come to your Carmen,
kiss your little pet
you little Raggyadore,
you little Raggyadore,
come throw the bull, dear,
bring your Castanet
You honey raggyadore,
you funny raggyadore.
Come and teach me
all those new fandangoes,
you're the man
that I've been waiting for.
Your wild and woolly
but you are Bully
My little raggyadore,
you raggy, raggy, raggyadore.

Come to your Carmen,
kiss your little pet
you little Raggyadore,
you little Raggyadore,
come throw the bull, dear,
bring your Castanet
You honey raggyadore,
you funny raggyadore.
Come and teach me
all those new fandangoes,
you're the man
that I've been waiting for.
Your wild and woolly
but you are Bully
My little raggyadore,
you raggy, raggy, raggyadore.

Joe was yelling
and his head was swelling
and he started kicking up a row;
kind of airy he went to a dairy
and he picked a friendly cow;
Then he jabbed her,
with a cane he stabbed her:
"Oh come on you bull!"
he cried and "Fight!"
Though a farmer
kicked Miss Carmen's charmer,
still she cried:
"You're out of sight,"
"Toreador, you lovely Toreador!"
You're not a Spanish onion, dear,
come and cuddle up near...

Come to your Carmen,
kiss your little pet
you little Raggyadore,
you little Raggyadore,
come throw the bull, dear,
bring your Castanet
You honey raggyadore,
you funny raggyadore.
Come and teach me
all those new fandangoes,
you're the man
that I've been waiting for.
Your wild and woolly
but you are Bully
My little raggyadore,
you raggy, raggy, raggyadore.

Come to your Carmen,
kiss your little pet
you little Raggyadore,
you little Raggyadore,
come throw the bull, dear,
bring your Castanet
You honey raggyadore,
you funny raggyadore.
Come and teach me
all those new fandangoes,
you're the man
that I've been waiting for.
Your wild and woolly
but you are Bully
My little raggyadore,
you raggy, raggy, raggyadore.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Raggyadore 1913
Music by Jean Schwartz
Lyrics by Harold Atteridge
© MCMXIII by Jean Schwartz
© MCMXIII assigned to Jerome & Schwartz Pub. Co. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 27 February 2006 at 00.24
in association with Doug Grierson
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As introduced in The Great Winter Garden Production
"The Honeymoon Express"
staged by Ned Wyburn
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Listeners may find this tune faintly recognisable..... ;-)
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