Ragtime Regiment Band 1912

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Oct 2004

Come on! Hurry Hon!
Grab your hat, and run down the avenue.
Dearie, it's a parade!
See the soldiers arrayed
in the suits of blue,
see the buttons, too!
Gee, but they look fine!
Come on, follow them,
follow them, follow them,
follow them down the line!
That band, it's grand!
Just take your baby's hand.

Oh that band! Oh! Lordy, that band!
See those soldiers all in line,
notice how they're keeping time;
see every gun shine in the sun,
watch them going through the drill,
I just can't make my feet be still!
For when I hear that band!
Oh! Lordy that band!
For there is something about it that is grand,
And altho' I never felt this way before,
I want to do a twostep right to war,
When I hear that colored,
ragtime, regiment band.

Oh that band! Oh! Lordy, that band!
See those soldiers all in line,
notice how they're keeping time;
see every gun shine in the sun,
watch them going through the drill,
I just can't make my feet be still!
For when I hear that band!
Oh! Lordy that band!
For there is something about it that is grand,
And altho' I never felt this way before,
I want to do a twostep right to war,
When I hear that colored,
ragtime, regiment band.

Come on! Hurry mine,
try to keep in time
with the bang of this drum.
Hear the shuffling feet
it's a musical treat;
everyone intent,
hear each instrument ringing, dear,
in the air!
Ain't it wonderful, simply wonderful!
Music everywhere.
It's fine, divine!
Don't lose your place in line.

Oh that band! Oh! Lordy, that band!
See those soldiers all in line,
notice how they're keeping time;
see every gun shine in the sun,
watch them going through the drill,
I just can't make my feet be still!
For when I hear that band!
Oh! Lordy that band!
For there is something about it that is grand,
And altho' I never felt this way before,
I want to do a twostep right to war,
When I hear that colored,
ragtime, regiment band.

Oh that band! Oh! Lordy, that band!
See those soldiers all in line,
notice how they're keeping time;
see every gun shine in the sun,
watch them going through the drill,
I just can't make my feet be still!
For when I hear that band!
Oh! Lordy that band!
For there is something about it that is grand,
And altho' I never felt this way before,
I want to do a twostep right to war,
When I hear that colored,
ragtime, regiment band.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ragtime Regimental Band 1912
Music by Melville Morris
Lyrics by A. Seymour Brown
© MCMXII by Jerome H. Remick & Co.  N.Y. & Detroit
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 21 October 2004 at 17.09
in association with Doug Grierson
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