That Coontown Quartette 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 8 Apr 2010
2010

Last night I heard some singin'
real singin' great singin'
and there were voices ringin'
to good old Southern tunes;
I heard some colored fellers,
swell fellers, four fellers
and I've seen some Rathskellers
and entertainin' coons;
I mighty nearly went insane
when they started singin' this refrain:
Way down yonder in the old cornfield.

You don't mean to tell me that you never met
that Coontown Quartette?
You don't mean to say you never heard 'em yet?
That Coontown Quartette
Timmy's the tenor,
Billy's the bass,
Barry sings the baritone
all around the place;
Most surprising, harmonizing,
Have you heard 'em?
Go and hear 'em singin'
"Lindy, Lindy, sweet little sugar pet."
Throw a nickle on the drum
Bumpity bum,
to that Coontown Quartette.

You don't mean to tell me that you never met
that Coontown Quartette?
You don't mean to say you never heard 'em yet?
That Coontown Quartette
Timmy's the tenor,
Billy's the bass,
Barry sings the baritone
all around the place;
Most surprising, harmonizing,
Have you heard 'em?
Go and hear 'em singin'
"Lindy, Lindy, sweet little sugar pet."
Throw a nickle on the drum
Bumpity bum,
to that Coontown Quartette.

They sang a song so funny,
so funny,
oh honey,
I threw away my money
it tickled me to death;
Then Billy sang a ballad,
sweet ballad, fine ballad,
I choked on chicken salad,
until I lost my breath;
No sooner would the boys begin,
Then I found myself a joinin' in:
Way down yonder in the old cornfield.

You don't mean to tell me that you never met
that Coontown Quartette?
You don't mean to say you never heard 'em yet?
That Coontown Quartette
Timmy's the tenor,
Billy's the bass,
Barry sings the baritone
all around the place;
Most surprising, harmonizing,
Have you heard 'em?
Go and hear 'em singin'
"Lindy, Lindy, sweet little sugar pet."
Throw a nickle on the drum
Bumpity bum,
to that Coontown Quartette.

You don't mean to tell me that you never met
that Coontown Quartette?
You don't mean to say you never heard 'em yet?
That Coontown Quartette
Timmy's the tenor,
Billy's the bass,
Barry sings the baritone
all around the place;
Most surprising, harmonizing,
Have you heard 'em?
Go and hear 'em singin'
"Lindy, Lindy, sweet little sugar pet."
Throw a nickle on the drum
Bumpity bum,
to that Coontown Quartette.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That Coontown Quartette 1912
Music by Jean Schwartz
Lyrics by Grant Clarke
© MCMXII by Jerome & Schwartz Pub.Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 8 April 2010 at 15.44
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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