The Snake 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Apr 2009
2009

Down in the swampiest
part of Tennessee
ev'ry night all the snakes
give a jamboree,
that is where all the twists
and twirls are shown,
Ev'ry snake had a movement
of its own,
talk about your monkey dances,
talk about your baboon prances,
rave about Salome all you please,
Talk about your turkey trottin;'
soon that dance will be forgotten
'cause the snakes have one
that they can do with ease.

It's a dance
that's full of ginger
beats the reel from old Virginia
the Rattle snake rattled
and shook his hip
and cracked his tail
like a buggy whip,
the garter snake wiggled
and wobbled like a worm
while the big black snake
did a twistin' squirm,
the Boa constrictor
got partic'lar
did a motion perpendic'lar
to the sneaky, creepy,
shaky, snaky Rag.
It's called The Snake.

It's a dance
that's full of ginger
beats the reel from old Virginia
the Rattle snake rattled
and shook his hip
and cracked his tail
like a buggy whip,
the garter snake wiggled
and wobbled like a worm
while the big black snake
did a twistin' squirm,
the Boa constrictor
got partic'lar
did a motion perpendic'lar
to the sneaky, creepy,
shaky, snaky Rag.
It's called The Snake.

There was a dozen of snakes
just twirlin' 'round
there was all kinds of snakes
on the muddy ground,
when the copperhead snake
who had posed as a cop
told the snake band to play
and not to stop.
Let me try this snaky motion
while I've got this shaky notion,
All I want's a girlie by my side,
Yonder comes Miss Lady Rattle
'spects there's goin'
to be a battle,
'Cause with her this night
I'm goin' to glide and slide.

It's a dance
that's full of ginger
beats the reel from old Virginia
the Rattle snake rattled
and shook his hip
and cracked his tail
like a buggy whip,
the garter snake wiggled
and wobbled like a worm
while the big black snake
did a twistin' squirm,
the Boa constrictor
got partic'lar
did a motion perpendic'lar
to the sneaky, creepy,
shaky, snaky Rag.
It's called The Snake.

It's a dance
that's full of ginger
beats the reel from old Virginia
the Rattle snake rattled
and shook his hip
and cracked his tail
like a buggy whip,
the garter snake wiggled
and wobbled like a worm
while the big black snake
did a twistin' squirm,
the Boa constrictor
got partic'lar
did a motion perpendic'lar
to the sneaky, creepy,
shaky, snaky Rag.
It's called The Snake.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Snake 1912
That Sneaky Snaky Rag
by Chris Smith & Elmer Bowman
© 1912 by F.B.Haviland Pub.Co.Inc. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 22 April 2009 at 16.58
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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