Ragapation 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 06 Dec 2006
2006

I had a dream, crazy dream
'twas about a funny rag cabaret,
There, ev'rywhere, you could trace syncopation
in each girlies fair face,
Floor kept a raggin'
the music man dron'd a draggin' blue melody,
all the ballin' dances all the trotty prances
made a rag Jubilee,

Here comes the girlies cabaret
some classy girlies let 'em stay
fresh from the follies,
they looked like Broadway,
they'll turn the old to the new with a sway,
they're syncopatin' the new raggy motion's
so just let them go,
first step, a look a dip a glide,
next take a bend and skip then guide
then from the hip take another dip
back one, two, three,
bend to right your knee,
that's what I call musichall
ragapation that's all.

Here comes the girlies cabaret
some classy girlies let 'em stay
fresh from the follies,
they looked like Broadway,
they'll turn the old to the new with a sway,
they're syncopatin' the new raggy motion's
so just let them go,
first step, a look a dip a glide,
next take a bend and skip then guide
then from the hip take another dip
back one, two, three,
bend to right your knee,
that's what I call musichall
ragapation that's all.

This girl parade,
dream parade kept me raggin'
ragapation till dawn,
I tried to stop, thought I'd drop
but they cried for ragapation till morn.
Floor and the ceiling kept bowing
and swaying to the beat of that band,
oh that music hall kept ragapatin'
till this dream of mine
seem'd just grand.

Here comes the girlies cabaret
some classy girlies let 'em stay
fresh from the follies,
they looked like Broadway,
they'll turn the old to the new with a sway,
they're syncopatin' the new raggy motion's
so just let them go,
first step, a look a dip a glide,
next take a bend and skip then guide
then from the hip take another dip
back one, two, three,
bend to right your knee,
that's what I call musichall
ragapation that's all.

Here comes the girlies cabaret
some classy girlies let 'em stay
fresh from the follies,
they looked like Broadway,
they'll turn the old to the new with a sway,
they're syncopatin' the new raggy motion's
so just let them go,
first step, a look a dip a glide,
next take a bend and skip then guide
then from the hip take another dip
back one, two, three,
bend to right your knee,
that's what I call musichall
ragapation that's all.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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Ragapation 1915
Music by Lucien Denni
Lyrics by Gwynne Denni
© MCMXV by Buck & Lowney,  St. Louis, U.S.A.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 06 December 2006 at 6.02pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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