The Irish Rag 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, LOndon UK - 24 Feb 2005

Patrick McCarty thought he'd give a party
and ask everybody around the town;
swell musicians took their positions
to do the dancing up good and brown,
and that big orchestra
it was a corker, sir,
such an impression they made,
when McCarty said: "Play an Irish Rag,"
This is what they played: M'm....

Oh, the only rag that Paddy knows
Flies o'er the land where Shamrock grows,
it's green as grass
and bears a harp of gold;
You can have your rags
that "naygurs" dance,
beside this one they stand no chance,
it's the Irish Rag that floats
on dear old Ireland.

Oh, the only rag that Paddy knows
Flies o'er the land where Shamrock grows,
it's green as grass
and bears a harp of gold;
You can have your rags
that "naygurs" dance,
beside this one they stand no chance,
it's the Irish Rag that floats
on dear old Ireland.

Though they played simply grand
it was a German Band
that Mac had hired to play that day,
and the German guys, as a big surprise
Ragtime National airs did play;
when they played "Wacht am Rhine"
they thought it sounded fine
you should have heard the crowd yell,
then McCarty's guests led by Mac himself,
started raising Well! M'm

Oh, the only rag that Paddy knows
Flies o'er the land where Shamrock grows,
it's green as grass
and bears a harp of gold;
You can have your rags
that "naygurs" dance,
beside this one they stand no chance,
it's the Irish Rag that floats
on dear old Ireland.

Oh, the only rag that Paddy knows
Flies o'er the land where Shamrock grows,
it's green as grass
and bears a harp of gold;
You can have your rags
that "naygurs" dance,
beside this one they stand no chance,
it's the Irish Rag that floats
on dear old Ireland.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Irish Rag 1910
Music by Jos. W. Stern
Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
© MCMX by Jos. W. Stern & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 24 February 2005 at 20.20
in association with Doug Grierson
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