That Coon-Town Rag 1893

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 May 2009
2009

Down across the border
lives a ragtime coon,
Hmmm
Who plays upon a banjo
such a ragtime tune
Hmm.
We slides and sways
when he sings and plays
such a syncopated trance.
And I'm gone, that's all,
when that man does call:
"Come on Hon an' do dat dance."

Oh! That CoonTown Rag
CoonTown Rag
don't you want to come
and dance that Moontown rag,
first you wiggle,
then you giggle,
dance it now,
if you don't know how it's done
come to me
I'll show you how.
Dance it here,
Dance it there,
makes you think you're doin' a "Bear"
MoonTown
SpoonTown
LoonTown
Oh! That CoonTown Rag.

Oh! That CoonTown Rag
CoonTown Rag
don't you want to come
and dance that Moontown rag,
first you wiggle,
then you giggle,
dance it now,
if you don't know how it's done
come to me
I'll show you how.
Dance it here,
Dance it there,
makes you think you're doin' a "Bear"
MoonTown
SpoonTown
LoonTown
Oh! That CoonTown Rag.

When we swings and sways
my heart is filled with bliss
Hmmm
"Ev'rybody twostep"
can't come up to this.
Hmmm.
You can talk a lot
'bout your "Turkey Trot"
of your "Bear" you still can brag,
but the dance for me
is the one you see
it's that spoontown, coontown rag.

Oh! That CoonTown Rag
CoonTown Rag
don't you want to come
and dance that Moontown rag,
first you wiggle,
then you giggle,
dance it now,
if you don't know how it's done
come to me
I'll show you how.
Dance it here,
Dance it there,
makes you think you're doin' a "Bear"
MoonTown
SpoonTown
LoonTown
Oh! That CoonTown Rag.

Oh! That CoonTown Rag
CoonTown Rag
don't you want to come
and dance that Moontown rag,
first you wiggle,
then you giggle,
dance it now,
if you don't know how it's done
come to me
I'll show you how.
Dance it here,
Dance it there,
makes you think you're doin' a "Bear"
MoonTown
SpoonTown
LoonTown
Oh! That CoonTown Rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That Coon-Town Rag 1893
To Our "dear" Coontown Octette
Music by Herm Siewert
Lyrics by E.Gil Perry
© MDCCCXCIII by The C A Ross Pub.Co. - Kalamazoo, Mich.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 28 May 2009 at 16.41
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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