The Burglar Rag 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Sep 2006
2006

I hear someone talking,
I get nervous in the dark,
I thought I heard a bulldog bark,
Gee! I feel the balking,
but I've got to do this job tonight!
If the baby in the nurs'ry makes a noise,
I will pull my gun on him
and take his toys!
I am feeling queer,
I think there's someone near,
I know I'm surely goin' to die of fright! Sh!

I'll tiptoe through the parlor
to the dining room,
let somebody stop me
and he'll meet his doom!
There's no jail
that they can keep me in,
I can pick a lock
just like a dago picks a mandolin,
they have written "Welcome"
on the parlor rug;
if I meet the Boss
he'll get the "Burglar Hug"
some one commands: "Throw up your hands!"
That's the Burglar Rag!

I'll tiptoe through the parlor
to the dining room,
let somebody stop me
and he'll meet his doom!
There's no jail
that they can keep me in,
I can pick a lock
just like a dago picks a mandolin,
they have written "Welcome"
on the parlor rug;
if I meet the Boss
he'll get the "Burglar Hug"
some one commands: "Throw up your hands!"
That's the Burglar Rag!

Here's where I get reckless,
I am out to get the swag,
I've got my jimmie in my bag,
I must get that necklace,
I'm a robber of the highest rank!
Should the combination on the safe resist,
I will simply give it the Houdini twist!
Jimmy Valentine, to me he's just a shine,
why that guy couldn't rob a baby's bank. Sh!

I'll tiptoe through the parlor
to the dining room,
let somebody stop me
and he'll meet his doom!
There's no jail
that they can keep me in,
I can pick a lock
just like a dago picks a mandolin,
they have written "Welcome"
on the parlor rug;
if I meet the Boss
he'll get the "Burglar Hug"
some one commands: "Throw up your hands!"
That's the Burglar Rag!

I'll tiptoe through the parlor
to the dining room,
let somebody stop me
and he'll meet his doom!
There's no jail
that they can keep me in,
I can pick a lock
just like a dago picks a mandolin,
they have written "Welcome"
on the parlor rug;
if I meet the Boss
he'll get the "Burglar Hug"
some one commands: "Throw up your hands!"
That's the Burglar Rag!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Burglar Rag 1912
Music by Harry Ferguson
Lyrics by Brady & Mahoney
© 1912 by F.B.Haviland Pub.Co.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 22 September 2006 at 12.20am
in association with Doug Grierson
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