Ragtime Kangaroo 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Mar 2008
2008

From a town in Ohio
came a ragtime minstrel show,
and landed in Australia
just to try and catch the dough.
They didn't know what to do,
to put on something new
Till one of the show said:
'I know what'll go,
that's a ragtime kangaroo.'
So they sent away that very day
to a far off country town
and told them they wanted a kangaroo
to be at once sent down.
And when that Kangaroo arrived
they started right away
To teach it all the rags they knew,
and ev'ry blessed day.

Oh! That ragtime kangaroooooo
Oh, the antics he went throughoooo
He'd twist and turn in a ragtime walk
rag along a line that was drawn with chalk,
ev'ry ragtime move
he quickly knewoooooooo.
All the coloured folk from Ohio
clapped their hands and shouted:
'Let it go.'
That kangaroo knew what to do
showed them a lot they never knew,
this rig, rag, ragetty, ragtime kangaroo.

Oh! That ragtime kangaroooooo
Oh, the antics he went throughoooo
He'd twist and turn in a ragtime walk
rag along a line that was drawn with chalk,
ev'ry ragtime move
he quickly knewoooooooo.
All the coloured folk from Ohio
clapped their hands and shouted:
'Let it go.'
That kangaroo knew what to do
showed them a lot they never knew,
this rig, rag, ragetty, ragtime kangaroo.

Now this ragtime Kangaroo
who could show them what to do
escaped one day
and ran away
to the bushland that he knew.
He met more Kangaroos
and told them all the news
Then he showed them a rag,
how to sway and to sag,
and he quickly put them through.
They commenced to dance
and twist and prance
and whisk their tails around.
And for Kangaroos who had got the blues
a cure was quickly found.
And when they all got started off
the people passing by
Commenced to clap their hands with glee,
and then began to say.

Oh! That ragtime kangaroooooo
Oh, the antics he went throughoooo
He'd twist and turn in a ragtime walk
rag along a line that was drawn with chalk,
ev'ry ragtime move
he quickly knewoooooooo.
All the coloured folk from Ohio
clapped their hands and shouted:
'Let it go.'
That kangaroo knew what to do
showed them a lot they never knew,
this rig, rag, ragetty, ragtime kangaroo.

Oh! That ragtime kangaroooooo
Oh, the antics he went throughoooo
He'd twist and turn in a ragtime walk
rag along a line that was drawn with chalk,
ev'ry ragtime move
he quickly knewoooooooo.
All the coloured folk from Ohio
clapped their hands and shouted:
'Let it go.'
That kangaroo knew what to do
showed them a lot they never knew,
this rig, rag, ragetty, ragtime kangaroo.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
*
Ragtime Kangaroo 1918
Words & Music by Jackson Trellor
© MCMXVIII by J.Harris & Co.
*
sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 17 March 2008 at 15.11
in association with Doug Grierson
*