When The Kaiser Does The Goose-Step 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Dec 2006
2006

There are lots of places
where I'd like to be,
and many, many sights
that I would surely like to see,
but the greatest thing in all the world
to give a man a thrill,
is surely going to happen
when the Yanks get Kaiser Bill.
They'll make him dance for fair
and I'd sure like to be there.

When the Kaiser does the goosestep
to a good old American Rag,
they'll play it jerky
and make Bill "Walk turkey"
and salute our grand old flag,
he'll be wiser when he twosteps
to the song of Yankeeland,
or foxtrots to a good old Dixie tune,
there'll be a jazz band from Dixie,
and Bill won't dare say "Nixie"
when the Yankees say:
"Come William dance that drag!"
Alexander's band from Tennessee will be there
to play the music for the jubilee
when the Kaiser does the goosestep
to a good old American Rag.

When the Kaiser does the goosestep
to a good old American Rag,
they'll play it jerky
and make Bill "Walk turkey"
and salute our grand old flag,
he'll be wiser when he twosteps
to the song of Yankeeland,
or foxtrots to a good old Dixie tune,
there'll be a jazz band from Dixie,
and Bill won't dare say "Nixie"
when the Yankees say:
"Come William dance that drag!"
Alexander's band from Tennessee will be there
to play the music for the jubilee
when the Kaiser does the goosestep
to a good old American Rag.

Sousa's Band will be right there
to lead that dance,
"The Stars And Stripes For Ever"
will be played for Willie's prance,
Six Brown Brothers will fill the air
with their big saxophones,
Imagine William's feelings when
he hears their pleading tones!
He'll dance till they get thro'
and they'll make him like it too.

When the Kaiser does the goosestep
to a good old American Rag,
they'll play it jerky
and make Bill "Walk turkey"
and salute our grand old flag,
he'll be wiser when he twosteps
to the song of Yankeeland,
or foxtrots to a good old Dixie tune,
there'll be a jazz band from Dixie,
and Bill won't dare say "Nixie"
when the Yankees say:
"Come William dance that drag!"
Alexander's band from Tennessee will be there
to play the music for the jubilee
when the Kaiser does the goosestep
to a good old American Rag.

When the Kaiser does the goosestep
to a good old American Rag,
they'll play it jerky
and make Bill "Walk turkey"
and salute our grand old flag,
he'll be wiser when he twosteps
to the song of Yankeeland,
or foxtrots to a good old Dixie tune,
there'll be a jazz band from Dixie,
and Bill won't dare say "Nixie"
when the Yankees say:
"Come William dance that drag!"
Alexander's band from Tennessee will be there
to play the music for the jubilee
when the Kaiser does the goosestep
to a good old American Rag.

Soft karaoke
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When The Kaiser Does The Goose-Step 1917
Music by Harold Neander
Lyrics by Jack Frost
© MCMXVII by Frank K.Root & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne
on Friday 15 December 2006 at 12.13pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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