Rusty-Can-O-Rag 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11 Mar 2005

There's some sweet melody,
it sounds so good to me,
from sunny Italy,
to dis great biga land,
you got no magic what'sa half so grand.
For when dey play dat strain,
it takes away your pain,
make you feel young again.
That's why when I am sad,
that "RustyCanORag"
it make me glad.

Oh, Wop, don't stop,
playing that RustyCanORag
It make me spoony, got me looney,
Sacramento, California,
When I hear that music swell,
I feel just like I was in Heaven,
Oh Kid! my lid is swimming,
like a fish what's got a jag.
I stab myself with a banan'
if you no play that RustyCanO
Hey Nick! play quick,
so Mariatch can bootch a coutch,
that beautiful RustyCanORag.

Oh, Wop, don't stop,
playing that RustyCanORag
It make me spoony, got me looney,
Sacramento, California,
When I hear that music swell,
I feel just like I was in Heaven,
Oh Kid! my lid is swimming,
like a fish what's got a jag.
I stab myself with a banan'
if you no play that RustyCanO
Hey Nick! play quick,
so Mariatch can bootch a coutch,
that beautiful RustyCanORag.

Last night I think I go,
to see a picture show,
sit in the second row.
I want to get a jag,
Fecos a "Wop" he sing "Italian Rag"
outside an organ play,
I tell Marie to stay,
I come back right away.
I push right through the crowd,
and to the organ man I say out loud:

Oh, Wop, don't stop,
playing that RustyCanORag
It make me spoony, got me looney,
Sacramento, California,
When I hear that music swell,
I feel just like I was in Heaven,
Oh Kid! my lid is swimming,
like a fish what's got a jag.
I stab myself with a banan'
if you no play that RustyCanO
Hey Nick! play quick,
so Mariatch can bootch a coutch,
that beautiful RustyCanORag.

Oh, Wop, don't stop,
playing that RustyCanORag
It make me spoony, got me looney,
Sacramento, California,
When I hear that music swell,
I feel just like I was in Heaven,
Oh Kid! my lid is swimming,
like a fish what's got a jag.
I stab myself with a banan'
if you no play that RustyCanO
Hey Nick! play quick,
so Mariatch can bootch a coutch,
that beautiful RustyCanORag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Rusty-Can-O-Rag 1910
Music by Al. Piantadosi
Words by Thos. J. Gray
Successfully Sung By Ben Welch, With Apologies to Pietro Mascagni
© MCMX by Leo Feist Inc. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 11 March 2005 at 01.24
in association with Doug Grierson
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