The Franco-American Rag 1909 "The Silver Star"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Jul 2007
2007

Gay old Paree,
no tomorrow, care or sorrow,
gay old Paree,
Land of jollity.
CanCan dancers bend and sway
to Yankee tunes in each café,
the FrancoAmerican ragtime dance
drives all their cares away.
When they sing that oo la la la la.

[Dance:]

Franco FrancoAmerican Rag,
just fresh from gay Paree,
This YankeeDoodle-raggety dance time,
rules hearts across the sea,
it's dreamy and icecreamy
Franco FrancoAmerican Rag,
Come on, La belle Marie,
Oh yes girlie girl,
come and madly whirl,
you're the pearly pearl,
for this loving twirl,
FrancoAmerican Rag,

Franco FrancoAmerican Rag,
just fresh from gay Paree,
This YankeeDoodle-raggety dance time,
rules hearts across the sea,
it's dreamy and icecreamy
Franco FrancoAmerican Rag,
Come on, La belle Marie,
Oh yes girlie girl,
come and madly whirl,
you're the pearly pearl,
for this loving twirl,
FrancoAmerican Rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Franco-American Rag 1909
Music by Jean Schwartz
Lyrics by William Jerome
© MCMIX by Jerome H.Remick & Co. New York & District
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 17 July 2007 at 8.54am
in association with Doug Grierson
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Franco-American Rag was an interpolated number
in Klaw & Erlanger's Production
"The Silver Star" with Adelaide Genee
Book & Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Robert Hood Bowers
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