Ragtime College Turkey Trot 1913 'The Fascinating Widow'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 Oct 2004

What's that I see
what can it be?
On the college campus
hear a rag melody,
the students toddle and bound,
across the velvety ground.
with the coeds
they are turkey trotting around.
College life is great
no one's ever late,
since they learned it
they all Turkey Trot thro' the gate,
the dancing passion is all in fashion
the college trot is up to date.

College boys are dancing
to that old Turkey Trot,
College girls are prancing
they're a swell raggy lot,
who's that nifty dresser?
He's some trotter, yes sir,
slipping and sliding and gliding,
that's the old professor.
Sophomores and freshmen
turkeytrot through the hall,
they are learning something
every movement that's all,
they keep trotting thro' their studies,
and it seems that everybody's
doing the Ragtime College Turkey Trot.

College boys are dancing
to that old Turkey Trot,
College girls are prancing
they're a swell raggy lot,
who's that nifty dresser?
He's some trotter, yes sir,
slipping and sliding and gliding,
that's the old professor.
Sophomores and freshmen
turkeytrot through the hall,
they are learning something
every movement that's all,
they keep trotting thro' their studies,
and it seems that everybody's
doing the Ragtime College Turkey Trot.

This is the day everyone's gay,
for this is commencement
and they're going away,
they're trotting round as they please
right up to get their degrees.
Even the professors
can't help moving their knees.
College days are o'er
they may meet no more,
and they won't behave
until they say au revoir.
The band keeps playing
and they keep swayin'
those trotters keep close to that floor.

College boys are dancing
to that old Turkey Trot,
College girls are prancing
they're a swell raggy lot,
who's that nifty dresser?
He's some trotter, yes sir,
slipping and sliding and gliding,
that's the old professor.
Sophomores and freshmen
turkeytrot through the hall,
they are learning something
every movement that's all,
they keep trotting thro' their studies,
and it seems that everybody's
doing the Ragtime College Turkey Trot.

College boys are dancing
to that old Turkey Trot,
College girls are prancing
they're a swell raggy lot,
who's that nifty dresser?
He's some trotter, yes sir,
slipping and sliding and gliding,
that's the old professor.
Sophomores and freshmen
turkeytrot through the hall,
they are learning something
every movement that's all,
they keep trotting thro' their studies,
and it seems that everybody's
doing the Ragtime College Turkey Trot.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Ragtime College Turkey Trot 1913
A.H. Woods Presents Julian Eltinge in
"The Fascinating Widow"
Lyrics By Julian Eltinge and Jack Mahoney
Music By Percy Wenrich
© 1913 by The Wenrich-Howard Co., 152-154 West 45th Street N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 23 October 2004 at 17.35
in association with Doug Grierson
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