Syncopation Isle 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 9 Jul 2008
2008

All of you lovers of ragtime,
listen to me a while,
and I'll sing of a melody land divine,
called Syncopated Isle.
It dwells in the midst of waters,
rippling and blue and deep,
and they whisper strains of music,
that lull your senses to sleep.

Oh come with me to Syncopation Isle,
and we'll dance the time away,
there'll be a baboon band,
a raggin' music grand,
while we glide and turn and sway!
We'll hear the breezes
sighing through the trees,
sweet tunes that set your heart ablaze,
hear that steamboat whistle blow?
Oh, sweetheart it's time to go,
we're all aboard for Syncopation Isle.

Oh come with me to Syncopation Isle,
and we'll dance the time away,
there'll be a baboon band,
a raggin' music grand,
while we glide and turn and sway!
We'll hear the breezes
sighing through the trees,
sweet tunes that set your heart ablaze,
hear that steamboat whistle blow?
Oh, sweetheart it's time to go,
we're all aboard for Syncopation Isle.

This Isle's a dream of beauty,
wrought from the heart's desire,
Of a thousand musical masters who
were filled with an endless fire.
It's peopled with living songsters,
birds of a plumage bright,
and they twitter, trill and warble,
from early morning 'till night.

Oh come with me to Syncopation Isle,
and we'll dance the time away,
there'll be a baboon band,
a raggin' music grand,
while we glide and turn and sway!
We'll hear the breezes
sighing through the trees,
sweet tunes that set your heart ablaze,
hear that steamboat whistle blow?
Oh, sweetheart it's time to go,
we're all aboard for Syncopation Isle.

Oh come with me to Syncopation Isle,
and we'll dance the time away,
there'll be a baboon band,
a raggin' music grand,
while we glide and turn and sway!
We'll hear the breezes
sighing through the trees,
sweet tunes that set your heart ablaze,
hear that steamboat whistle blow?
Oh, sweetheart it's time to go,
we're all aboard for Syncopation Isle.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Syncopation Isle 1915
Music by J.Russel Robinson
Lyrics by Marguerite Kendall
© MCMXV by Seidel Mus.Pub.Co.Inc. - Indianapolis, Ind
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 9 July 2008 at 19.33
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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