That Operatic Rag 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1 Mar 2009
2009

Honey (what)
Honey (what) Dearie let us go,
to a music show,
Hurry (where)
Hurry (where)
Where we'll hear some high class op'ra grand
(That is something I don't understand,)
Listen (yes)
Listen (yes)
When Caruso sings a strain
It goes right through your brain
(don't make me laugh
I heard him on a phonograph)
Come along (No I won't)
Hear a song (If I don't)
then I'll make you hear me sing.

Oh, Oh, that Operatic Rag
(Baby dear, baby dear stop it quick)
Oh, Oh, that Operatic Rag
(Can't you hear, can't you hear
that I'm sick)
When I go up and down that Minor scale,
Pails of tears
(Pails of beers)
flow around
(I'm drowning)
Il Trovatore
(Yes I'm ill, yes I'm ill,
yes I'm ill.)
And before I sing more
(Take a pill, take a pill,
take a pill.)
In my breast there's a note
(You're a nut, you're a nut,
you're a nut.)
When it reaches my throat
(get it out, get it out,
get it out.)
Oh baby mine
Hammerstein
Says I'm fine
and I ought to be
They're dead you see
They missed my pathetic
sympathetic
Operatic way.

Oh, Oh, that Operatic Rag
(Baby dear, baby dear stop it quick)
Oh, Oh, that Operatic Rag
(Can't you hear, can't you hear
that I'm sick)
When I go up and down that Minor scale,
Pails of tears
(Pails of beers)
flow around
(I'm drowning)
Il Trovatore
(Yes I'm ill, yes I'm ill,
yes I'm ill.)
And before I sing more
(Take a pill, take a pill,
take a pill.)
In my breast there's a note
(You're a nut, you're a nut,
you're a nut.)
When it reaches my throat
(get it out, get it out,
get it out.)
Oh baby mine
Hammerstein
Says I'm fine
and I ought to be
They're dead you see
They missed my pathetic
sympathetic
Operatic way.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That Operatic Rag 1912
by Richards & Kyle
© 1912 by Geo.W.Meyer Music Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 1 March 2009 at 20.14
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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