Ragging The Chopsticks 1919

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 Sep 2004

You've heard "chopsticks",
plain old "chopsticks"
played by every kid,
It may sound strange,
but they have changed
here's something I did.

I took a "chop" and took a "stick"
and shook 'em in a bag,
and when I finished with the trick,
I found I had a "rag"
First you play this strain,
try it once again,
and you'll find you have a sweet refrain;
Then it goes like this,
and it goes like that,
if you follow me you won't go flat;
now come "chopsticks" ragtime "chopsticks"
with two fingers just like fiddlesticks,
Tick, tick, tick, tick,
like a clocktick,
it's an easy trick.
And now there's eena, meena, mina, mo,
catch him by the toe,
If he hollers let him go,
the rest of the words I don't know.
Back to "chopsticks", ragtime "chopsticks"
with two fingers just like fiddlesticks,
tick, tick, tick, tick,
like a clocktick, it's an easy trick,
"Ragging the chopsticks",
It's got the kick!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ragging The Chopsticks 1919
Lyrics by Archie Gottelier
Music by Abe Frankl & Archie Gottelier
© MCMXIX by Leo Feist Inc. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 07 September 2004 at 21.12
in association with Doug Grierson