The Mad House Rag 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 Jul 2007
2007

Young Hezekiah Wilson was a Music Bug,
so nutty that they shipped him
to the Insane Jug.
And the Nut Brigade with whom he stayed
got so enthusiastic when they heard him play,
they'd keep him at the old piano night and day.
And they'd start to prance a ragtime dance,
ev'ryone there cuddled a chair,
Keepers would stare,
then they would swear,
then they'd declare the Grizzly Bear
could not compare.

Loony loons to Hezekiah's coony tunes,
were galivanting here, there, everywhere,
The Table started dancing with the Morris Chair,
Oh! the parlor rugs
and the pictures on the wall went bugs,
when Hezekiah played
this brigade simply swayed
to the Mad House Rag.

Loony loons to Hezekiah's coony tunes,
were galivanting here, there, everywhere,
The Table started dancing with the Morris Chair,
Oh! the parlor rugs
and the pictures on the wall went bugs,
when Hezekiah played
this brigade simply swayed
to the Mad House Rag.

The keepers got excited
and they yelled out "Stop!"
The loonies wouldn't
so the keepers called a cop.
When the copper came these bugs to tame,
he shouted to the keepers:
"Why you're all insane!
You wouldn't be allowed here
with a first class brain."
Then the loons went wild and all hands smiled.
Keepers got sore, bolted the door,
loonies galore over the floor,
breaking the law, shouted: "Haw Haw
Give us some more!"

Loony loons to Hezekiah's coony tunes,
were galivanting here, there, everywhere,
The Table started dancing with the Morris Chair,
Oh! the parlor rugs
and the pictures on the wall went bugs,
when Hezekiah played
this brigade simply swayed
to the Mad House Rag.

Loony loons to Hezekiah's coony tunes,
were galivanting here, there, everywhere,
The Table started dancing with the Morris Chair,
Oh! the parlor rugs
and the pictures on the wall went bugs,
when Hezekiah played
this brigade simply swayed
to the Mad House Rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Mad House Rag 1911
Music by Freddy Watson
Lyrics by Edgar Leslie
© 1911 by F.A.Mills  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 23 July 2007 at 9.59am
in association with Doug Grierson
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