The Subway Rag 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Mar 2005

I want you honey to tell me if you hear,
what the band is playing dear?
Oh! Babe look at that crowd,
Hush! don't wake them,
don't talk so loud.
See them wobble to and fro
watch them wiggle watch them go
they're all in a trance,
they're doing that wonderful dance
everybody is going zig zag
so come along my honey,
'cause I feel so funny,
when I see them do the Subway Rag

Oh! that, That Subway Rag!
Oh! that That Subway Rag!
You rag a bit, rag a bit
on your toes,
then dance a bit,
dance a bit nose to nose,
Oh! that That Subway Rag
Oh! that That Subway Rag!
It's got me going I must confess
I feel like changing from a local to express
I feel like giving all the money in my bag
when I hear,
[Spoken:] watch your step!
when I hear
[Spoken:] watch your step!
when I hear that Subway Rag.

Oh! that, That Subway Rag!
Oh! that That Subway Rag!
You rag a bit, rag a bit
on your toes,
then dance a bit,
dance a bit nose to nose,
Oh! that That Subway Rag
Oh! that That Subway Rag!
It's got me going I must confess
I feel like changing from a local to express
I feel like giving all the money in my bag
when I hear,
[Spoken:] watch your step!
when I hear
[Spoken:] watch your step!
when I hear that Subway Rag.

Now Honey let us try to do that dance
I feel as though I am in a trance
Oh! start now very slow,
watch your step,
all aboard let her go.
Honey my eyes are getting starey,
it's like going from
the Bronx to South Ferry.
They're all in a daze
they're dancing fifty seven ways
they feel fine time never will lag
I surely do feel grand
now take me by the hand
they're going to start that Subway Rag.

Oh! that, That Subway Rag!
Oh! that That Subway Rag!
You rag a bit, rag a bit
on your toes,
then dance a bit,
dance a bit nose to nose,
Oh! that That Subway Rag
Oh! that That Subway Rag!
It's got me going I must confess
I feel like changing from a local to express
I feel like giving all the money in my bag
when I hear,
[Spoken:] watch your step!
when I hear
[Spoken:] watch your step!
when I hear that Subway Rag.

Oh! that, That Subway Rag!
Oh! that That Subway Rag!
You rag a bit, rag a bit
on your toes,
then dance a bit,
dance a bit nose to nose,
Oh! that That Subway Rag
Oh! that That Subway Rag!
It's got me going I must confess
I feel like changing from a local to express
I feel like giving all the money in my bag
when I hear,
[Spoken:] watch your step!
when I hear
[Spoken:] watch your step!
when I hear that Subway Rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Subway Rag 1912
Words by James B. Carson - Music by Don Heath
© MCMXII by Tell Taylor Music Publisher, Chicago
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 20 March 2005 at 15.21
in association with Doug Grierson
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