That Revolutionary Rag 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Jul 2005

Where the Russian breezes blow
there's a piece of calico
ev'ry thread dyed in red
you can see it on a pole
or in Trotsky's button hole.
Long haired Russian foxes
wave it from old soap boxes.

That Revolutionary Rag
'twas made across the sea
by a tricky slicky Bolsheviski.
Run with your little money bag
or else they'll steal it away
wheel it away,
as they go raving madly waving
that Revolutionary Rag.
It's not a melody
it's a crimson flag;
All the Royalties across the seas
shake in their B.V.D's,
when they see that
Revolutionary Rag

That Revolutionary Rag
'twas made across the sea
by a tricky slicky Bolsheviski.
Run with your little money bag
or else they'll steal it away
wheel it away,
as they go raving madly waving
that Revolutionary Rag.
It's not a melody
it's a crimson flag;
All the Kings and Queens
in foreign scenes
know that they've spilled the beans,
when they see that
Revolutionary Rag.

Little Mary Antoinette
was a lovely queen you bet
till one day sad to say
from her window she could see
little Miss Democracy
Mary's brain was whirling
when France began unfurling.

That Revolutionary Rag
'twas made across the sea
by a tricky slicky Bolsheviski.
Run with your little money bag
or else they'll steal it away
wheel it away,
as they go raving madly waving
that Revolutionary Rag.
It's not a melody
it's a crimson flag;
All the Royalties across the seas
shake in their B.V.D's,
when they see that
Revolutionary Rag

That Revolutionary Rag
'twas made across the sea
by a tricky slicky Bolsheviski.
Run with your little money bag
or else they'll steal it away
wheel it away,
as they go raving madly waving
that Revolutionary Rag.
It's not a melody
it's a crimson flag;
All the Kings and Queens
in foreign scenes
know that they've spilled the beans,
when they see that
Revolutionary Rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That Revolutionary Rag 1919
Words and Music by Irvin Berlin
© MCMXIX by T.B.Harms Co.Inc., N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 26 July 2005 at 21.51
in association with Doug Grierson
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