The Dolly Bar Rag 1919

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

The heater boy stood on the upper deck,
and he was heating rivets by the peck,
some were long and some were not,
some were cold and some were hot:
The heater boy was never feeling blue,
'cause when his daily eight hours work was through,
down to a little dance hall
that he knew
he'd go to dance The Dolly Bar Rag.

Oh it's the Dolly Bar rag,
it's the shipbuilders drag,
it's the dance
that's being learned by ev'ry nation,
get your little Dolly,
make her feel so jolly,
you'll agree along with me
that it's a grand sensation;
grab your little pardner
in the angle motor whirl,
hold her like a red hot rivet
when you do the twirl,
then you do the Lolly Pop,
all along the Tunnel Top,
that's the lovin' Dolly Bar rag,
that's the lovin' shipbuilders' drag.

Oh it's the Dolly Bar rag,
it's the shipbuilders drag,
it's the dance
that's being learned by ev'ry nation,
get your little Dolly,
make her feel so jolly,
you'll agree along with me
that it's a grand sensation;
grab your little pardner
in the angle motor whirl,
hold her like a red hot rivet
when you do the twirl,
then you do the Lolly Pop,
all along the Tunnel Top,
that's the lovin' Dolly Bar rag,
that's the lovin' shipbuilders' drag.

The boss came 'round and asked the heater boy,
what made him always feel so full of joy.
He replied with laughing eyes:
At the dance I won the prize.
What was it that you did that copped the coin?
Come on with me Boss,
and I'll let you join
up with the gang and I will show you how
to dance that lovin' Dolly Bar rag.

Oh it's the Dolly Bar rag,
it's the shipbuilders drag,
it's the dance
that's being learned by ev'ry nation,
get your little Dolly,
make her feel so jolly,
you'll agree along with me
that it's a grand sensation;
grab your little pardner
in the angle motor whirl,
hold her like a red hot rivet
when you do the twirl,
then you do the Lolly Pop,
all along the Tunnel Top,
that's the lovin' Dolly Bar rag,
that's the lovin' shipbuilders' drag.

Oh it's the Dolly Bar rag,
it's the shipbuilders drag,
it's the dance
that's being learned by ev'ry nation,
get your little Dolly,
make her feel so jolly,
you'll agree along with me
that it's a grand sensation;
grab your little pardner
in the angle motor whirl,
hold her like a red hot rivet
when you do the twirl,
then you do the Lolly Pop,
all along the Tunnel Top,
that's the lovin' Dolly Bar rag,
that's the lovin' shipbuilders' drag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Dolly Bar Rag 1919
Words & Music by W.E.Galbraith
© MCMXIX by W.E.Galbraith
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 14 October 2006 at 10.06am
in association with Doug Grierson
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