On Ragtime Bay 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Sep 2008
2008

Honey step into my birch canoe,
Honey can't you see there's room for two,
There's a loving place I want to go
and I will show you when we're near
to the centre of a bay so great
where the boys and girls all congregate,
just to cheer while darkies syncopate, dear,
you'll be glad to hear.

Banjos strumming,
darkies humming
ev'rybody's gay
on dear old Ragtime Bay,
just watch them float away,
and you'll find lads and lassies
swaying while the waters seem at play,
you could even steal my heart away,
on Ragtime Bay.

Banjos strumming,
darkies humming
ev'rybody's gay
on dear old Ragtime Bay,
just watch them float away,
and you'll find lads and lassies
swaying while the waters seem at play,
you could even steal my heart away,
on Ragtime Bay.

When you hear them harmonise so grand,
then you want to join that raggy band,
While the tuneful melodies they're singing,
you'll be swinging to and fro,
you'll find that your body won't behave,
when you imitate a tossing wave,
I know that you will begin to rave,
so hurry up let's go.

Banjos strumming,
darkies humming
ev'rybody's gay
on dear old Ragtime Bay,
just watch them float away,
and you'll find lads and lassies
swaying while the waters seem at play,
you could even steal my heart away,
on Ragtime Bay.

Banjos strumming,
darkies humming
ev'rybody's gay
on dear old Ragtime Bay,
just watch them float away,
and you'll find lads and lassies
swaying while the waters seem at play,
you could even steal my heart away,
on Ragtime Bay.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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On Ragtime Bay 1913
Music by Fred Watson
Lyrics by Barnard Grossman
© MCMXIII by Harry von Tilzer Music Pub.Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 18 September 2008 at 15.15
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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