The Hobble Rag 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 Sep 2006
2006

Have you seen the latest Turkish creation?
All the rage, in fact the craze of the nation,
the name of a skirt that gave fame to a Turk
Although it isn't daring
it has all the fellows staring.
Nothing like the dress they wear in Dahomey
not the costume that they use in Salome,
but when the ladies wear 'em,
why you think you're in a harem
and they do the Sultan's favorite drag.

That dreamy Hobble rag
that toddle rag,
that wobbling rag,
there is such a catchy swing to the strain,
it drives you insane,
goes right up to the brain,
that hobble melody entrances me,
with ecstasy,
It beats the "Barber Shop Chord"
and "The Mendelssohn Tune"
and all the Hooches and the Hulas
and the Mouches and the Bolos
can't compare with the Hobble Rag.

That dreamy Hobble rag
that toddle rag,
that wobbling rag,
there is such a catchy swing to the strain,
it drives you insane,
goes right up to the brain,
that hobble melody entrances me,
with ecstasy,
It beats the "Barber Shop Chord"
and "The Mendelssohn Tune"
and all the Hooches and the Hulas
and the Mouches and the Bolos
can't compare with the Hobble Rag.

This has been a great big ragtime season,
we've had rags without a rhyme or reason,
a rag to the Wop,
with a cry "nunga stop"
and a rag about the Yiddish
has the whole town acting kiddish.
There's a rag about the ripe wild cherry,
they chew the rag about old Cook and Peary,
the end of rag is nearing
so it's time that you were hearing
the time that made the Sultan lose his job.

That dreamy Hobble rag
that toddle rag,
that wobbling rag,
there is such a catchy swing to the strain,
it drives you insane,
goes right up to the brain,
that hobble melody entrances me,
with ecstasy,
It beats the "Barber Shop Chord"
and "The Mendelssohn Tune"
and all the Hooches and the Hulas
and the Mouches and the Bolos
can't compare with the Hobble Rag.

That dreamy Hobble rag
that toddle rag,
that wobbling rag,
there is such a catchy swing to the strain,
it drives you insane,
goes right up to the brain,
that hobble melody entrances me,
with ecstasy,
It beats the "Barber Shop Chord"
and "The Mendelssohn Tune"
and all the Hooches and the Hulas
and the Mouches and the Bolos
can't compare with the Hobble Rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Hobble Rag 1911
by Will Morrissey & Bothwell Brown
© 1911 by F.B.Haviland Pub.Co.Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 03 September 2006 at 3.13pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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