Ragtime 1904 The Sambo Girl

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Feb 2005

I've arrived her from America,
just crossed the briny sea,
I'm here to teach you ragtime
in its phraseology,
I'll teach you all its branches
in about a week or so,
if Paris doesn't get on quick,
I'll think it's rather slow,
It's quite the latest thing back there,
that's why you need it here,
If I can't introduce it, why,
I'll think it rather queer.

Ragtime, just Ragtime is the thing you bet,
It's the best thing for nerves
that you could get,
all of your troubles you can leave behind,
the greatest "Panacea" that you could find.
I don't care what the people say of me,
If they say I've no sense of dignity,
for their opinion I don't care a bit.
You see I'm the ragtime hit.

Ragtime, just Ragtime is the thing you bet,
It's the best thing for nerves
that you could get,
all of your troubles you can leave behind,
the greatest "Panacea" that you could find.
I don't care what the people say of me,
If they say I've no sense of dignity,
for their opinion I don't care a bit.
You see I'm the ragtime hit.

In addition to my ragtime,
I can teach you how to act,
I'll teach you how to eat your food,
the best way to use tact,
I'll teach you how to walk and talk,
I'm very versatile,
and just to show how I can "do"
I own an automobile,
don't worry how I got it
but it's my machine that's all,
when I get tired of it,
I just go and have a ball.

Ragtime, just Ragtime is the thing you bet,
It's the best thing for nerves
that you could get,
all of your troubles you can leave behind,
the greatest "Panacea" that you could find.
I don't care what the people say of me,
If they say I've no sense of dignity,
for their opinion I don't care a bit.
You see I'm the ragtime hit.

Ragtime, just Ragtime is the thing you bet,
It's the best thing for nerves
that you could get,
all of your troubles you can leave behind,
the greatest "Panacea" that you could find.
I don't care what the people say of me,
If they say I've no sense of dignity,
for their opinion I don't care a bit.
You see I'm the ragtime hit.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ragtime 1904 The Sambo Girl
Lyrics by Jean Lenox
Music by Harry O. Sutton
from Eva Tanquay's New Musical Success - "The Sambo Girl"
© 1904 by Shapiro, Remick & Company, New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 21 February 2005 at 21.42
in association with Doug Grierson
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