My Syncopated Gypsy Maid 1905

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Jan 2009
2009

First the ragtime coon sang
gaily to the moon of his
Sue and Lou and Dinah,
Then the fever seized Japanese and Congoese
and then the chinks
in far off China.
Bye and bye
we saw the dainty Indian squaw
take her place as "Babe" and "Honey"
now the Gypsy maid has
taken to the trade
and is out for ragtime money.

Dusky husky little gypsy maiden,
you're ginger laden,
and adapted to the trade,
Ragtime has for you a long time waited,
My syncopated little gypsy maid.

Dusky husky little gypsy maiden,
you're ginger laden,
and adapted to the trade,
Ragtime has for you a long time waited,
My syncopated little gypsy maid.

We have learned to shrink
from the plinky plunky plink
of the passe burnt cork Sambo,
Now the public ear is not at all inclined
to hear the rattle of the bones and tambo,
If the world is due to be handed something new,
in a song of "Coon" persuasion.
Its Gypsy maid or bust and we sincerely
trust that she'll rise to the occasion.

Dusky husky little gypsy maiden,
you're ginger laden,
and adapted to the trade,
Ragtime has for you a long time waited,
My syncopated little gypsy maid.

Dusky husky little gypsy maiden,
you're ginger laden,
and adapted to the trade,
Ragtime has for you a long time waited,
My syncopated little gypsy maid.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Syncopated Gypsy Maid 1905
Music by Maurice Levi
Lyrics by Edgar Smith
© MCMV by Chas.K.Harris
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 28 January 2009 at 11.18
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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