Sing Me A Ballad In Ragtime 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Jan 2009
2009

Mamie Brown went to town
heard a singer there of great renown
but the songs he sang were slow;
they were songs of long ago.
Each refrain
caused her pain,
what she wanted was a ragtime strain,
so, she jumped up there
and cried,
as that tenor chap she spied
"Say! if you want to make a hit with me,
I'll tell you what to do," said she.

Sing me a ballad in ragtime,
sing me an old time song,
like "Alice where art thou?"
But sing it to me in ragtime
Or "Rocked in the cradle of the Deep."
in ragtime, and I'll be true to you;
"Come into the garden Maude,"
in ragtime sing it in ragtime do!

Sing me a ballad in ragtime,
sing me an old time song,
like "Alice where art thou?"
But sing it to me in ragtime
Or "Rocked in the cradle of the Deep."
in ragtime, and I'll be true to you;
"Come into the garden Maude,"
in ragtime sing it in ragtime do!

Mamie Brown gave a frown
when that tenor sang
"The Heart bow'd down."
and it nearly made her weep,
When he sang, "Sing me to sleep."
She got sad, mighty bad,
when a dozen of these songs she'd had
and when people cried "Encore!"
Mamie shouted "stop no more!
those mournful melodies
just turn my brain,
so, if you're going to sing again.

Sing me a ballad in ragtime,
sing me an old time song,
like "Alice where art thou?"
But sing it to me in ragtime
Or "Rocked in the cradle of the Deep."
in ragtime, and I'll be true to you;
"Come into the garden Maude,"
in ragtime sing it in ragtime do!

Sing me a ballad in ragtime,
sing me an old time song,
like "Alice where art thou?"
But sing it to me in ragtime
Or "Rocked in the cradle of the Deep."
in ragtime, and I'll be true to you;
"Come into the garden Maude,"
in ragtime sing it in ragtime do!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sing Me A Ballad In Ragtime 1912
by Worton David & George Arthurs
© 1912 by Star Music Publishing
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 10 January 2009 at 18.34
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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