The Humming Coon 1902

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Feb 2007
2007

Old Ephra'm Johnson was the deacon
of a church in Tennessee,
and of course it was against the rules
to sing a ragtime melody.
But Ephra'm said: Dis ragtime moves ma soul,
I feel like a new born coon;
and if I cannot sing de words,
we'll den I'm a gwine
to hum de tune."

O, o, o, o was his only tune
O, o, o, o morning night and noon,
ev'ry time you'd see him coming
old man Johnson was a humming,
O, o, o, o by de light of de moon
O, o, o, o ev'ry one knew his tune,
now instead of a callin' him Johnson,
they call him the humming coon.

O, o, o, o was his only tune
O, o, o, o morning night and noon,
ev'ry time you'd see him coming
old man Johnson was a humming,
O, o, o, o by de light of de moon
O, o, o, o ev'ry one knew his tune,
now instead of a callin' him Johnson,
they call him the humming coon.

The parson said to brother Eph' one day:
"You's losin' all yo grace,
if you keep a humming ragtime songs
you'll also lose your deacon place,
then Eph' replied: I might as well resign,
to stop I need not try,
for ragtime's in de marrow of ma bones,
and I'll sing until I die."

O, o, o, o was his only tune
O, o, o, o morning night and noon,
ev'ry time you'd see him coming
old man Johnson was a humming,
O, o, o, o by de light of de moon
O, o, o, o ev'ry one knew his tune,
now instead of a callin' him Johnson,
they call him the humming coon.

O, o, o, o was his only tune
O, o, o, o morning night and noon,
ev'ry time you'd see him coming
old man Johnson was a humming,
O, o, o, o by de light of de moon
O, o, o, o ev'ry one knew his tune,
now instead of a callin' him Johnson,
they call him the humming coon.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Humming Coon 1902
by Smith & Bowman
© MCMII by The Lyceum Pub.Co.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 24 February 2007 at 10.54pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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