Ragtime Eyes 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 4 Apr 2009
2009

Have you never
did you ever
hear of eyes
that act so clever?
Ragtime eyes,
Ragtime eyes,
Twitching, twitching,
so bewitching,
till your little heart's just itching
For a girl,
brain a whirl,
but don't take any chances
with those peculiar glances,
danger is lurking in her eye,
have a care,
have a care,
have a care,
Gracious, gracious,
they're flirtations
all at once they seem to chase us
and if you're caught,
goodbye, fly!

Ragtime eyes,
those raggy ragtime eyes
starey, glarey
take you very unawarey,
Those I've seen
just like the great Pauline
can hypnotize and mesmerize you
take no chance
with any ragtime glance
for there some power lies.
Way down deep at the bottom
Most angry girl has got 'em
Look out! For those ragtime eyes.

Ragtime eyes,
those raggy ragtime eyes
starey, glarey
take you very unawarey,
Those I've seen
just like the great Pauline
can hypnotize and mesmerize you
take no chance
with any ragtime glance
for there some power lies.
Way down deep at the bottom
Most angry girl has got 'em
Look out! For those ragtime eyes.

Never tarry
or they'll carry
you away
and make you marry,
Ragtime eyes,
Ragtime eyes,
In their gleamin'
while they're schemin'
lies the power of the demon
to control, heart and soul,
they never try to tease you
they always try to please you
they wind your heart up
like a spool,
full of love, full of love,
full of love,
Then they take you
and they make you
spend your coin
and then they shake you,
just like you'd shake a fool,
cruel!

Ragtime eyes,
those raggy ragtime eyes
starey, glarey
take you very unawarey,
Those I've seen
just like the great Pauline
can hypnotize and mesmerize you
take no chance
with any ragtime glance
for there some power lies.
Way down deep at the bottom
Most angry girl has got 'em
Look out! For those ragtime eyes.

Ragtime eyes,
those raggy ragtime eyes
starey, glarey
take you very unawarey,
Those I've seen
just like the great Pauline
can hypnotize and mesmerize you
take no chance
with any ragtime glance
for there some power lies.
Way down deep at the bottom
Most angry girl has got 'em
Look out! For those ragtime eyes.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ragtime Eyes 1912
Music by Jean Schwartz
Lyrics by Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie
© MCMXII by Jerome & Schwartz Pub.Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 4 April 2009 ay 21.04
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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