Ragging The Old Vienna Roll 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 7 Jul 2008
2008

There's a bak'ry store
out in old Vienna
where they bake nice cake,
bake it right along,
but one day they tried
flour from Savannah,
when they tried that flour
ev'ry thing went wrong.
It was ragtime flour
with that hoodoo pow'r,
and it scared the German bakers all away.
All the buns got hot
did a turkey trot
when the old Vienna roll began to play:

Ev'ry pie and cake did a ragtime break
they were hoppin' 'round the oven
and refused to bake.
There was coffee rings,
cream puff and things,
dancing on the table
cutting Pigeon wings,
all the ginger snaps
were a shootin' craps,
rolling seven and eleven
on the bakers caps.
They they done a prance
all around the floor
'twas a song and dance.
turkey in the straw
and the flour from Savannah
did a raggy stroll,
ragging the old Vienna Roll.

Ev'ry pie and cake did a ragtime break
they were hoppin' 'round the oven
and refused to bake.
There was coffee rings,
cream puff and things,
dancing on the table
cutting Pigeon wings,
all the ginger snaps
were a shootin' craps,
rolling seven and eleven
on the bakers caps.
They they done a prance
all around the floor
'twas a song and dance.
turkey in the straw
and the flour from Savannah
did a raggy stroll,
ragging the old Vienna Roll.

All the rolling pins
started in a rolling
and the eclairs too,
did the raggy stuff,
then the bakin' tins
all began a strolling,
and a cream puff ragged until it
had to puff.
The Napoleon had a dandy bun,
and the doughnut got himself into a hole,
and the lemon pie
danced a loaf of rye
to the music of the old Vienna roll.

Ev'ry pie and cake did a ragtime break
they were hoppin' 'round the oven
and refused to bake.
There was coffee rings,
cream puff and things,
dancing on the table
cutting Pigeon wings,
all the ginger snaps
were a shootin' craps,
rolling seven and eleven
on the bakers caps.
They they done a prance
all around the floor
'twas a song and dance.
turkey in the straw
and the flour from Savannah
did a raggy stroll,
ragging the old Vienna Roll.

Ev'ry pie and cake did a ragtime break
they were hoppin' 'round the oven
and refused to bake.
There was coffee rings,
cream puff and things,
dancing on the table
cutting Pigeon wings,
all the ginger snaps
were a shootin' craps,
rolling seven and eleven
on the bakers caps.
They they done a prance
all around the floor
'twas a song and dance.
turkey in the straw
and the flour from Savannah
did a raggy stroll,
ragging the old Vienna Roll.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ragging The Old Vienna Roll 1911
Music by Jean Schwartz
Lyrics by Vincent Bryan
© MCMXI by Jerome & Schwartz Pub.Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 7 July 2008 at 12.06
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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