The Eskimo Rag 1912

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

Tell me have you ever seen an Eskimo
in the land of snow
at the pole you know?
Did you ever hear the music
that they play up there?
It's a bear, it's a bear,
it's a Polar bear!
Did you ever see them dancing on an icy floor?
They are frozen so
just to get a glow
dancing in their bear skins,
warming up their fair skins,
wobbling the North Pole Todalo.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Miss Eskimo.
Leave your blubber
and away we go.

Keep dancing! Keep prancing!
to the Eskimo ragtime,
it don't matter whether young or old,
your teeth will chatter
and your blood run cold,
so Keep playing! Keep swaying!
Jump from crag to crag,
keep right on moving
or you sure will freeze
you are catching cold
when you begin to sneeze,
it's a darn bad place
for B.V.Ds
when you do that Eskimo
Forty Two below,
do that Eskimo Rag!

Men and women
dress alike up there and so
well you never know
just who is your beau.
You may think you are a dancing
with a man, it's great!
Guess again, guess again,
it's your cousin Kate!
When the ice begins
to form upon your face,
it's soft and when e'er you cough
why it all falls off.
That's against the custom,
people never bust 'em,
ev'rybody there is frozen face.
Just hear this, cold storage Miss!
Crack your face,
because I want a kiss!

Keep dancing! Keep prancing!
to the Eskimo ragtime,
it don't matter whether young or old,
your teeth will chatter
and your blood run cold,
so Keep playing! Keep swaying!
Jump from crag to crag,
keep right on moving
or you sure will freeze
you are catching cold
when you begin to sneeze,
it's a darn bad place
for B.V.Ds
when you do that Eskimo
Forty Two below,
do that Eskimo Rag!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Eskimo Rag 1912
Music by George Botsford
Lyrics by Jean C.Havez
© MCMXII by George Botsford transferred
© MCMXIII to Jerome H.Remick & Co. - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 16 April 2008 at 23.45
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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