That Syncopated Boogie-Boo 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 May 2008
2008

A melody is like a ghost
that sneaks around from post to post,
a humming,
I'm coming, coming,
and in the stilly night he sneaks
into your very brain and shrieks:
"I want you
come on I'll haunt you.
I'm a musical mephisto
I'm another Monte Christo,
all this ragtime world belongs to me,
See!"

Oh that syncopated BoogieBoo
He's after me,
he's after you,
Get away, get away, get away,
he'll try to tie you with a music chord
and then O Lord
he'll yell with glee:
"Come along with me,
learn my melody
that's your penalty,"
When the shades of night begin to fall,
you'll hear him call,
to one and all:
"Hum a tune, hum a tune, hum a tune
That's him rumbling
That's him stumbling,
Hear him grumbling,
Hear him mumbling,
"I'm the syncopated BoogieBoo."

Oh that syncopated BoogieBoo
He's after me,
he's after you,
Get away, get away, get away,
he'll try to tie you with a music chord
and then O Lord
he'll yell with glee:
"Come along with me,
learn my melody
that's your penalty,"
When the shades of night begin to fall,
you'll hear him call,
to one and all:
"Hum a tune, hum a tune, hum a tune
That's him rumbling
That's him stumbling,
Hear him grumbling,
Hear him mumbling,
"I'm the syncopated BoogieBoo."

This BoogieBoo does not pay rent
he sleeps in some old instrument,
a groaning,
a moaning, moaning,
You never know when he is near
until he whispers in your ear,
"I'll get you
be glad I met you.
Other ghosts are melancholy
follow me I'll make you jolly
I'm the ghost that always makes you hum.
Come!"

Oh that syncopated BoogieBoo
He's after me,
he's after you,
Get away, get away, get away,
he'll try to tie you with a music chord
and then O Lord
he'll yell with glee:
"Come along with me,
learn my melody
that's your penalty,"
When the shades of night begin to fall,
you'll hear him call,
to one and all:
"Hum a tune, hum a tune, hum a tune
That's him rumbling
That's him stumbling,
Hear him grumbling,
Hear him mumbling,
"I'm the syncopated BoogieBoo."

Oh that syncopated BoogieBoo
He's after me,
he's after you,
Get away, get away, get away,
he'll try to tie you with a music chord
and then O Lord
he'll yell with glee:
"Come along with me,
learn my melody
that's your penalty,"
When the shades of night begin to fall,
you'll hear him call,
to one and all:
"Hum a tune, hum a tune, hum a tune
That's him rumbling
That's him stumbling,
Hear him grumbling,
Hear him mumbling,
"I'm the syncopated BoogieBoo."

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That Syncopated Boogie-Boo 1912
Music by Geo.W.Meyer
Lyrics by Sam M.Lewis
© MCMXII by Geo.W.Meyer Music Co. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 16 May 2008 at 13.01
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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