Shake Yo Dusters 1898 Brewer & Suttle's Rag-time Four

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Dec 2004

I done wants to tell yo'
'bout ma little black lamb
dat's alway' bobbin' an' a bobbin' aroun'
singin' like a lark
an' happy as a clam.
De cutes' little coon in town.
Dar ain't no style he done can't dance
Heel an' toe an' cut de pigeon wing;
He be de star if he evah git a chance,
fur he sho' is de boss an' king.

'Kase! when dat piccaninny shake his feet,
niggahs all stop in de middle ob de street;
little kinks a bobbin' on his head,
"Dar's a cuckoo!" all done said.
Shake yo' dusters, put on style,
Niggahs! yo' ain't in it wid dat chile!
I feels mighty proud,
an' ma heart does beat,
when dat piccaninny shakes his feet!

Yo' kin tell by de stuff an' de style ob de chil,
by de way dat he lif' up his feet,
dat he jis' gwine to make 'um hump for a mile.
An' sartin' sure he can't be beat.
Yo' kin see by his figgah,
his mannahs an' ways,
dat de chile is sho' to win from de go;
Dar is de reason, de why an' bekase,
dat he scoop all de dus' an' dough.

'Kase! when dat piccaninny shake his feet,
niggahs all stop in de middle ob de street;
little kinks a bobbin' on his head,
"Dar's a cuckoo!" all done said.
Shake yo' dusters, put on style,
Niggahs! yo' ain't in it wid dat chile!
I feels mighty proud,
an' ma heart does beat,
when dat piccaninny shakes his feet!

Dar ain't no happier ole frog in de pool,
I'se sho' de proudes' member in de flock.
I has lots o' trouble to done keep cool,
an' I'se alway' ahead ob de clock.
It's all bekase de chile yo' see
kin do de heel an' toein' so fine;
he belongs mo' den half unto me,
fur he's jis' mammy's boy. Dat's mine.

'Kase! when dat piccaninny shake his feet,
niggahs all stop in de middle ob de street;
little kinks a bobbin' on his head,
"Dar's a cuckoo!" all done said.
Shake yo' dusters, put on style,
Niggahs! yo' ain't in it wid dat chile!
I feels mighty proud,
an' ma heart does beat,
when dat piccaninny shakes his feet!

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Shake Yo Dusters 1898
Piccaninny rag
Composer: William H. Krell, 1873-1933
Performed by Gertie Brown, Saint Suttle, Maud Brewer, J. W.Brewer
Brewer & Suttle's Rag-time Four
© 1898 by S. Brainards Sons, N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 10 December 2004 at 11.56
in association with Doug Grierson
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