Reuben Rag 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Feb 2005

Farmer Brown came from town last evening,
with some music for his daughter, Jane;
when she started, started in a playing,
Gosh, Oh! ding it, Farmer Brown thought
surely that he'd go insane,
the tune she played it got him a dancing,
he danced until he fell exhausted by her side;
When he came to he cried:
"Oh Darling daughter
tell me what you're playing,"
and then to him she replied:
"It's called the

Reuben Rag,
Oh my loving pa, Reuben Rag,
Oh, my darling ma,
Farmer Brown said:
"Daughter dear, I could dance to
that everloving strain all the year,
Don't stop, dear,
I'll get my fiddle here,
Gosh! I'll help you drag;
Here we are, let 'er go,
Gosh! Oh, ding it, play it slow,
and start the beginning of the Reuben,
Reuben, I'd been thinking,
start the beginning of the Reuben,
of the Reuben,
of that everloving Reuben Rag.

Reuben Rag,
Oh my loving pa, Reuben Rag,
Oh, my darling ma,
Farmer Brown said:
"Daughter dear, I could dance to
that everloving strain all the year,
Don't stop, dear,
I'll get my fiddle here,
Gosh! I'll help you drag;
Here we are, let 'er go,
Gosh! Oh, ding it, play it slow,
and start the beginning of the Reuben,
Reuben, I'd been thinking,
start the beginning of the Reuben,
of the Reuben,
of that everloving Reuben Rag.

Farmer Brown told his daughter Janey,
keep on playing Reuben Rag all day,
Suddenly a voice cried in the parlour:
"Hiram dear, come to me here, and kiss me;
Gosh I'm feeling queer.
Oh! Mother dear, tell me what you're doing?"
Poor Jane she cried
as to her mother's side she ran;
"Oh nothing child,
go back and keep on playing."
Then they started dancing,
prancing to a strain that was entrancing.

Reuben Rag,
Oh my loving pa, Reuben Rag,
Oh, my darling ma,
Farmer Brown said:
"Daughter dear, I could dance to
that everloving strain all the year,
Don't stop, dear,
I'll get my fiddle here,
Gosh! I'll help you drag;
Here we are, let 'er go,
Gosh! Oh, ding it, play it slow,
and start the beginning of the Reuben,
Reuben, I'd been thinking,
start the beginning of the Reuben,
of the Reuben,
of that everloving Reuben Rag.

Reuben Rag,
Oh my loving pa, Reuben Rag,
Oh, my darling ma,
Farmer Brown said:
"Daughter dear, I could dance to
that everloving strain all the year,
Don't stop, dear,
I'll get my fiddle here,
Gosh! I'll help you drag;
Here we are, let 'er go,
Gosh! Oh, ding it, play it slow,
and start the beginning of the Reuben,
Reuben, I'd been thinking,
start the beginning of the Reuben,
of the Reuben,
of that everloving Reuben Rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Reuben Rag 1910
by H. De Pierce, H. J. Young, and H. Norman
© MCMX by Ziegfeld Music, N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 24 February 2005 at 22.17
in association with Doug Grierson
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