That Moaning Saxophone Rag 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 09 Nov 2006
2006

I'm going to tell you all about Tom Brown,
a swell musician down in my home town;
when but a boy he ran away from home,
he didn't take a thing except his saxophone.
We heard about him in a year or so,
somebody saw him in a minstrel show;
he was the main attraction, there's no doubt,
for ev'rybody raved about him going out.

Oh, that moaning saxophone,
sweeter than a slide trombone,
so surprising, harmonising,
emphasising, ev'ry tone;
Just a little silver home
where sweet melodies are grown,
oh, that groaning
oh, that moaning saxophone rag.

Oh, that moaning saxophone,
sweeter than a slide trombone,
so surprising, harmonising,
emphasising, ev'ry tone;
Just a little silver home
where sweet melodies are grown,
oh, that groaning
oh, that moaning saxophone rag.

Tom had some brothers, all musicians too,
he wrote: "Come join me and an act we'll do,
draw out your money from the bank down home,
for each of you will have to buy a saxophone.
They're all together now and when they play
the op'ra house is crowded ev'ry day;
they've got their pictures up, like actor men,
and ev'rybody hangs around and looks at them.

Oh, that moaning saxophone,
sweeter than a slide trombone,
so surprising, harmonising,
emphasising, ev'ry tone;
Just a little silver home
where sweet melodies are grown,
oh, that groaning
oh, that moaning saxophone rag.

Oh, that moaning saxophone,
sweeter than a slide trombone,
so surprising, harmonising,
emphasising, ev'ry tone;
Just a little silver home
where sweet melodies are grown,
oh, that groaning
oh, that moaning saxophone rag.

Soft karaoke
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That Moaning Saxophone Rag 1913
Music by Tom Brown & Harry Cook
Lyrics by Roger Lewis
© MCMXIII by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 09 November 2006 at 8.50am
in association with Doug Grierson
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