Ragging The Baby To Sleep 1912 Vs2

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 September 2011
2011

Night has fallen, lights are low,
Shadows they creep, Baby's asleep,
All at once there comes a squall,
The baby has started to bawl.
Wifie has said, "Jim, leave the bed,
Tootsie has wakened," So once more,
You take baby in your arms,
You hum while you walk the floor.

That ragtime walk
with baby, baby, baby,
You rock and rock with baby.
Like someone older,
rests her head upon your shoulder.
You don't have to change
the baby's lullaby,
She won't cry, don't you try,
Eyes your rubbing,
Toes your stubbing,
Ragging the baby to sleep.
That ragtime walk
with baby, baby, baby,
You rock and rock with baby.
Like someone older,
rests her head upon your shoulder.
You don't have to change
the baby's lullaby,
She won't cry, don't you try,
Eyes your rubbing,
Toes your stubbing,
Ragging the baby to sleep.

Broke the bottle filled with milk,
You're feeling bad that makes you mad;
Then the baby starts to weep,
How will you get her to sleep?
You hum and croon, an old~fashioned tune,
Just then a thought seems to strike you,
You know now what baby wants,
She has the rag~time craze too.

That ragtime walk
with baby, baby, baby,
You rock and rock with baby.
Like someone older,
rests her head upon your shoulder.
You don't have to change
the baby's lullaby,
She won't cry, don't you try,
Eyes your rubbing,
Toes your stubbing,
Ragging the baby to sleep.
That ragtime walk
with baby, baby, baby,
You rock and rock with baby.
Like someone older,
rests her head
upon your shoulder.
You don't have to change
the baby's lullaby,
She won't cry, don't you try,
Eyes your rubbing,
Toes your stubbing,
Ragging the baby to sleep.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ragging The Baby To Sleep 1912
Music by Lewis F.Muir
Lyrics by L.Wolfe Gilbert
© 1912 by F.A.Mills Inc. New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 25 September 2011 at 22.44
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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