The Ragtime Sailor Man 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Sep 2009
2009

Listen here,
Honey dear,
Don't you want to be
a sailor man?
On a boat
all afloat,
fighting battles
for Uncle Sam.
You'll look fine
there in line,
all dressed up
in your new suit of blue;
Behind a gun,
my lovin' Hon!
I'll be so awful proud of you.

Go! go! go! go!
Go on and go
be a ragtime sailor man.
Go! go! go! go!
Go on and go
go and show them that you can.
Oh hon hon hon
'twill be such fun
to make 'em run
to the tune of a
syncopated gun
and if you're shot
on the spot
you will not be forgot
so be a ragtime sailor man.

Go! go! go! go!
Go on and go
be a ragtime sailor man.
Go! go! go! go!
Go on and go
go and show them that you can.
Oh hon hon hon
'twill be such fun
to make 'em run
to the tune of a
syncopated gun
and if you're shot
on the spot
you will not be forgot
so be a ragtime sailor man.

Honey boy,
'twill be joy,
when I read about
the battle scene,
where my hon
with his gun,
helped to sink
a big submarine
I'll be here,
never fear,
waitin' to greet you
with heart so true,
When o'er the foam,
you sail back home,
beneath the old Red,
White and Blue.

Go! go! go! go!
Go on and go
be a ragtime sailor man.
Go! go! go! go!
Go on and go
go and show them that you can.
Oh hon hon hon
'twill be such fun
to make 'em run
to the tune of a
syncopated gun
and if you're shot
on the spot
you will not be forgot
so be a ragtime sailor man.

Go! go! go! go!
Go on and go
be a ragtime sailor man.
Go! go! go! go!
Go on and go
go and show them that you can.
Oh hon hon hon
'twill be such fun
to make 'em run
to the tune of a
syncopated gun
and if you're shot
on the spot
you will not be forgot
so be a ragtime sailor man.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Ragtime Sailor Man 1917
Music by Max Kortlander
Lyrics by Will Callahan
© MCMXVII by Lee S.Roberts
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 27 September 2009 at 15.05
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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