The Galli-Curci Rag 1918 Romberg

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 08 Aug 2006
2006

Whenever GalliCurci sings in op'ra
I must go there to see
and in a balcony chair
I'll be up there
she can get a look at me
if she would only start to rag a little
Oh that would be a thrill
an innovation
with syncopation
a little jazz in her wonderful trill.

Oh GalliCurci sing a rag for me
though it's wrong
what a wonderful song it would be.
The GalliCurci Rag
your voice you'd use
what a treat to a melody sweet with the blues
altho' no opera sung ever has it
Ragtime is great when you jazz it
GalliCurci sing some lurchy thing
in Ragtime
GalliCurci sing something for me
what a song
what a wonderful song it would be.

Oh GalliCurci sing a rag for me
though it's wrong
what a wonderful song it would be.
The GalliCurci Rag
your voice you'd use
what a treat to a melody sweet with the blues
altho' no opera sung ever has it
Ragtime is great when you jazz it
GalliCurci sing some lurchy thing
in Ragtime
GalliCurci sing something for me
what a song
what a wonderful song it would be.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Galli-Curci Rag 1918 Romberg
This is a rare rag by Sigmund Romberg no less!
Music by Sigmund Romberg
Lyrics by Harold Atteridge
© MCMXVIII by Jerome H.Remick & Co. N.Y. & Detroit
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 08 August 2006 at 9.33am
in association with Doug Grierson
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