When Paderewski Plays 1916

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 20 Apr 2002

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Have you seen that longhaired gent
Paderewski?
What does he doski?
He's the guy who plays the piano,
'Rusticana', 'ave a banana!
Gee! he plays at such a pace,
The blacks and whites
fall out of the case.
He's a devil on the treble
and a bounder on the bass,
That great musician man!

When Paderewski plays that baby grand
Some grand!
When Paderewski plays with either hand
Some band!
Oh, gee! What a melody!
He can play in any old key
A B C D E F G,
H I J K L M N O P.
When Paderewski takes his great encore
Some more
You'd never think he'd got two hands,
But four, or a score.
Down he goes on his two elbows,
Plays one note with the end of his nose,
And they all sit tight
in the first ten rows
When Paderewski plays.

When Paderewski plays that baby grand
Some grand!
When Paderewski plays with either hand
Some band!
Oh, gee! What a melody!
He can play in any old key
A B C D E F G,
H I J K L M N O P.
When Paderewski takes his great encore
Some more
You'd never think he'd got two hands,
But four, or a score.
Down he goes on his two elbows,
Plays one note with the end of his nose,
And they all sit tight
in the first ten rows
When Paderewski plays.

When he plays that Polish dance
By 'Chekofski',
You'd best get offski.
Gee! he breaks up every wire,
Doesn't tire,
got it on hire!
Up and down the keys he'll run,
Piano says: "Go easy, son!"
There's a rattle like a battle
and the thunder of a gun,
and the whole darned thing goes bang!

When Paderewski plays that baby grand
Some grand!
When Paderewski plays with either hand
Some band!
Oh, gee! What a melody!
He can play in any old key
A B C D E F G,
H I J K L M N O P.
When Paderewski takes his great encore
Some more
You'd never think he'd got two hands,
But four, or a score.
Down he goes on his two elbows,
Plays one note with the end of his nose,
And they all sit tight
in the first ten rows
When Paderewski plays.

When Paderewski plays that baby grand
Some grand!
When Paderewski plays with either hand
Some band!
Oh, gee! What a melody!
He can play in any old key
A B C D E F G,
H I J K L M N O P.
When Paderewski takes his great encore
Some more
You'd never think he'd got two hands,
But four, or a score.
Down he goes on his two elbows,
Plays one note with the end of his nose,
And they all sit tight
in the first ten rows
When Paderewski plays.

Soft karaoke
Words
treble clef 1
treble clef 2
lyric line
bass
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When Paderewski Plays 1916
by R. P. Weston, Bert Lee and The Two Bobs
copyright 1916 by Francis, Day and Hunter
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 20 April 2002 at 13.40
in association with Doug Grierson
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The Weston Brothers contribution to Ragtime in the UK
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