The Bacchanal Rag 1913 'The Passing Show of 1912'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 09 Oct 2004

Take some music,
start to fake some music
in a lag time,
syncopate it, hesitate it,
then you have some ragtime;
steal from the masters
any classic you see,
rag it a little bit with his melody;
don't try at all to hide,
call it a Gaby Glide,
no matter what it may be;
other writers will give
brother writers inspiration,
Handy Op'ra will be dandy,
just for syncopation,
there is the Bacchanal,
you've heard it before,
wild sort of music
you have heard o'er and o'er;
take all that tune that's there,
say something 'bout a bear,
play me that song, dear, once more.

Play me The Bacchanal Rag, dear,
that musical daze sways,
plays with every feeling;
listen my heart's playing tag, dear,
It starts to jump. thump, bump,
and go a reeling,
Don't stop there's no time to lag, dear,
you mustn't act mild, child,
while it comes appealing,
that excitable strain,
that Bacchanal Rag,
Oh, play it again!

Play me The Bacchanal Rag, dear,
that musical daze sways,
plays with every feeling;
listen my heart's playing tag, dear,
It starts to jump. thump, bump,
and go a reeling,
Don't stop there's no time to lag, dear,
you mustn't act mild, child,
while it comes appealing,
that excitable strain,
that Bacchanal Rag,
Oh, play it again!

Huddle near me, come and cuddle, dearie,
you're my baby,
prance it honey, come and dance it, honey,
you're some lady;
that is a raggy song, it hasn't much sense,
you've got to mention
that your love is intense;
call her your honey love,
call her your turtle dove,
start in to say she's immense;
hear that 'cello,
come on near that fellow who is playing,
play it bolder, start to sway that shoulder,
keep a saying,
pick out the instruments from all of the band,
say: "Ain't it wonderful,
or isn't it grand,"
call it the Brooklyn Tear,
or else the Honey Bear,
Come Baby, hold on my hand.

Play me The Bacchanal Rag, dear,
that musical daze sways,
plays with every feeling;
listen my heart's playing tag, dear,
It starts to jump. thump, bump,
and go a reeling,
Don't stop there's no time to lag, dear,
you mustn't act mild, child,
while it comes appealing,
that excitable strain,
that Bacchanal Rag,
Oh, play it again!

Play me The Bacchanal Rag, dear,
that musical daze sways,
plays with every feeling;
listen my heart's playing tag, dear,
It starts to jump. thump, bump,
and go a reeling,
Don't stop there's no time to lag, dear,
you mustn't act mild, child,
while it comes appealing,
that excitable strain,
that Bacchanal Rag,
Oh, play it again!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Bacchanal Rag 1913
Music by Louis A. Hirsch
As introduced in the great Winter Garden Success
"The Passing Show of 1912"
© 1912 by Shapiro Music Pub.Co. Broadway 39th St., N.Y.
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sequence annd karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 09 October 2004 at 09.07
in association with Doug Grierson
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