That Parisian Rag 1915

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

I can't fight if the band is playing
music always makes me happy;
that melody seems to get my goat,
certainly gets my feet afloat,
I want to dance in sheer delight
I do not care at all to fight
I'm through if the band is playing;
Music always makes me happy
that melody has me on the wing.
It certainly gets me going,
for it is a pretty little thing.
Stop! Really I cannot stand it,
I won't fight till you have canned it
that melody has me on the string,
I want to do a pigeon wing.
Somebody, keep me quiet,
if you don't there'll be a riot.
Stop that tune for I can't resist it.
Wish that I had gone and missed it.
It gets me so busy on my feet.
It is a shame to tease me,
won't you stop it just to please me
tho' I would rather dance than eat.

When I hear that Parisian Rag!
Somehow my feet begin to wag,
those Yankee tunes from o'er the sea,
are all the rage in old Paree,
when I hear that Parisian Rag,
Somehow my feet begin to wag,
those Yankee tunes from o'er the sea,
are all the rage in old Paree.

When I hear that Parisian Rag!
Somehow my feet begin to wag,
those Yankee tunes from o'er the sea,
are all the rage in old Paree,
when I hear that Parisian Rag,
Somehow my feet begin to wag,
those Yankee tunes from o'er the sea,
are all the rage in old Paree.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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That Parisian Rag 1915
Music by Silvio Hein
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© MCMXV by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 09 November 2006 at 1.37pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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