Raggin' Thro' The Rye 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 Aug 2007
2007

Here's a rag such a rag
quite uptodate
sing it yourself
isn't it great.
Up at ten gee! and then leave Home Sweet Home
Hon thro' the rye will ye roam.

Shall a body greet a body
raggin' thro' the rye.
They all miss me,
that is why they run to kiss me,
don't you dare to try and find out why
because I couldn't tell ye.
Ilka lassie has her bonnie laddie
nane they say hae I...
Yet all the lads they love me well
some of them are much more fond
than I would like to tell.
Ain't it funny
greet yer little honey,
raggin' thro' the rye.

Take a rhyme, rag the time,
jus' syncopate,
any old tune any old date.
Full of push people Shush,
say you're all wrong
you mustn't rag an old song.

Shall a body greet a body
raggin' thro' the rye.
They all miss me,
that is why they run to kiss me,
don't you dare to try and find out why
because I couldn't tell ye.
Ilka lassie has her bonnie laddie
nane they say hae I...
Yet all the lads they love me well
some of them are much more fond
than I would like to tell.
Ain't it funny
greet yer little honey,
raggin' thro' the rye.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Raggin' Thro' The Rye 1917
Music by A.Emmett Adams
Lyrics by Douglas Furber
© 1917 by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crewe Ltd.
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the music was sent from Australia by Michael Mathew
who came across it - a rare piece, he told me.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 13 August 2007 at 12.01pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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