The Bolo Rag 1909

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 August 2006
2006

Pick up your banjo
and just plunk on the string
just play me a rag
until ma feet start to swing,
dat's just the tune
I like to hear night and noon
I hum it like a happy coon, ma baby.
sounds like the songs
ma mammy oft used to sing,
when I hear you play it,
I don't care for a thing,
I just got to sway,
I throw ma money away,
come on get busy
when you hear me say:

Bolo, Bolo rag,
play dat Bolo Rag,
my hearts playing tag, ever loving gay,
it makes me think of South Caroline.
If your love is true, baby mine?
Good old Bolo Rag,
oh you solo rag,
let that music drag,
let that banjo lag,
um, Say Hon' I'll love you for ever
if you'll play me that Bolo Rag.

Bolo, Bolo rag,
play dat Bolo Rag,
my hearts playing tag, ever loving gay,
it makes me think of South Caroline.
If your love is true, baby mine?
Good old Bolo Rag,
oh you solo rag,
let that music drag,
let that banjo lag,
um, Say Hon' I'll love you for ever
if you'll play me that Bolo Rag.

Sounds like the bluebird
in the old 'simmon tree,
while someone I love
is throwing kisses at me,
ma feet won't walk,
my tongue refuses to talk,
my head feels lighter than a cork,
Dat Bolo Rag is the dandy candy, sweet melody,
I lose all my troubles when you play it for me,
forget all I know
and let ma self loose to go,
a keeping time to the plunking banjo:

Bolo, Bolo rag,
play dat Bolo Rag,
my hearts playing tag, ever loving gay,
it makes me think of South Caroline.
If your love is true, baby mine?
Good old Bolo Rag,
oh you solo rag,
let that music drag,
let that banjo lag,
um, Say Hon' I'll love you for ever
if you'll play me that Bolo Rag.

Bolo, Bolo rag,
play dat Bolo Rag,
my hearts playing tag, ever loving gay,
it makes me think of South Caroline.
If your love is true, baby mine?
Good old Bolo Rag,
oh you solo rag,
let that music drag,
let that banjo lag,
um, Say Hon' I'll love you for ever
if you'll play me that Bolo Rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Bolo Rag 1909
Music by Albert Gumble
Lyrics by William J.McKenna
© MCMIX by Jerome H.Remick & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 14 August 2006 at 12.43pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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